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Cyprus Supreme Court approves new Civil Procedure Rules
The Supreme Court of Cyprus announced today that it has approved the adoption of new civil procedure rules that will be applicable in civil litigation in Cyprus. The date of entry into force of the - Read More...
Recognition and enforcement of UK judgments in Cyprus post-Brexit
This article briefly describes if and how Brexit has impacted the recognition and enforcement of UK judgements in Cyprus. It also concerns the legal framework which will be in force post-Brexit, considering that the Agreement - Read More...
EU-US Privacy Shield invalidated by the Court of Justice of European Union
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) in the case of Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Ltd and Maximillian Schrems (the Schrems Case) issued a landmark ruling - Read More...
The Right of Access to Public Sector Information Law of 2017 (184(I)/2017)
The Right of Access to Public Information Law of 2017 (184(I)/2017) (the Law) has entered into force on the 22nd of December 2020.
The American Rocket Docket System: A model for active case management for countries facing delays in justice
Our Partner Dr Nicolas Kyriakides will be presenting on 21 October 2020, 16:00-18:00, the research seminar titled ‘The American Rocket Docket System: A model for active case management for countries facing delays in justice’ at - Read More...
By Nicolas Kyriakides
Sovereign Immunity 2019 – Cyprus
Institutions are occasionally prohibited from suing sovereign governments without their consent on the basis of the soverign immunity doctrine. Harris Kyriakides LLC summarises the Cyprus position on the matter in the 2019 Sovereign Immunity edition - Read More...
Recent Important Rulings of the Administrative Court of Cyprus
A. Introduction Every organised society is governed by a set of rules of law, that its members are bound to follow. At the same time, given that our legal system follows the rules of common - Read More...
Register of corporate beneficial owners and other legal entities in the department of companies and official receiver
Article 30 of the 4th European Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering or terrorist financing requires Member States of the European Union - Read More...
Post GDPR: Cyprus Supreme Court directions on the Online Publication of Court decisions
A. Introduction Right after the new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) came into force, many debates were initiated regarding its limits and the proper way of its implementation. The GDPR provides a new set of - Read More...
Cyprus and United Kingdom signed a Tax Treaty on 22nd March 2018
Introduction On the 22nd of March 2018, Cyprus and United Kingdom entered into a Double Tax Treaty (‘DTT’) that enables both countries to expand their DTT network and strengthen their mutual economic and commercial relations. - Read More...
Cyprus firms up discussions with India on new Double Tax Treaty
On 29 June 2016, Cyprus successfully completed the negotiation on the Double Taxation Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income with India. - Read More...
Harris Kyriakides covers the Cyprus chapter of the inaugural edition of Sovereign Immunity 2018
Harris Kyriakides is covering the Cyprus chapter of the first edition of Getting the Deal Through – Sovereign Immunity 2018. This is the first volume to critically and comparatively assess the state of play of the law of sovereign - Read More...
By Michael Kyriakides