Cyprus Supreme Court buildings junction next to Parliament Nicosia Republic of Cyprus

The Supreme Court of Cyprus ( el, Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο Κύπρου, Anótato Dikastírio Kýprou) is the highest court of the

Republic of Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

. It was established in 1964 from a merger of the Supreme Constitutional Court and the High Court. The Supreme Court is responsible both for examining whether the laws of the Republic can be justified by the situation and whether or not they violate

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and for acting as an Appeal Court. It also acts as an admiralty and administrative court and can also rule on electoral issues. It is based in Nicosia and is composed of 13 judges, one of whom acts as the court president. Supreme Court Judges are appointed by the President of the Republic on the recommendation of the Supreme Court and retire at the age of 68. Due to the constitutional crisis of 1963 and the Turkish invasion of 1974, the judicial system deviates from the system set forth in the Constitution. The Supreme Court has absorbed the responsibilities of the Constitutional Supreme Court and the High Court and therefore acts as the ultimate authority in civil, criminal, administrative, and constitutional matters. This allows the court to rule on both the constitutionality of the law, with individual constitutional complaints and with appeals from lower courts. The Republic of Cyprus became an independent sovereign republic with a presidential system on August 16, 1960. Before 1960, Cyprus was considered a Crown colony of the

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and was governed by

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. As an independent republic, Cyprus drafted a new constitution and ordered the Supreme Court to adopt English case law. However, the Supreme Court rejected this request and, in 1962, adopted the position that English case law did not have binding authority. Instead, the court ruled that it would follow English case law as it "be suitable for Cyprus."

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Law of Cyprus Government of Cyprus

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Courts and tribunals established in 1964 1964 establishments in Cyprus {{Cyprus-stub

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