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The Chief Justice of Cyprus was the head of the
The Chief Justice of Cyprus was the head of the Supreme Court of Cyprus
The Supreme Court of Cyprus ( el, Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο Κύπρου, Anótato Dikastírio Kýprou) is the highest court of the Republic of Cyprus. It was established in 1964 from a merger of the Supreme Constitutional Court and the H ...
until 1961.
The administration of Cyprus was taken over by the British government, following the Russo-Turkish War, under the Convention of 4 June 1878. Charles Alfred Cookson was appointed in that year as Chief Justice and Attorney General. Following the outbreak of hostilities between the two countries in 1914, the island was annexed by the British Crown
The Crown is the state (polity), state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, British Overseas Territories, overseas territories, Provinces and territorie ...
. The country became independent on 16 August 1960.
The Supreme Court of Cyprus was established in 1883.
Until 1960, there was a right of appeal from the Supreme Court of Cyprus to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which was terminated under the terms of Section 5 the Cyprus Act 1960List of Chief Justices of Cyprus
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