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The Chief Justice of Cyprus was the head of the Supreme Court of Cyprus until 1961.
The administration of Cyprus was taken over by the British government, following the
The Chief Justice of Cyprus was the head of the Supreme Court of Cyprus until 1961.
The administration of Cyprus was taken over by the British government, following the Russo-Turkish War
The Russo-Turkish wars (or Ottoman–Russian wars) were a series of twelve wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries. It was one of the longest series of military conflicts in European histo ...
, 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 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
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the highest court of appeal for the Crown Dependencies, the British Overseas Territories, some Commonwealth countries and a few institutions in the United Kingdom. Established on 14 Aug ...
, which was terminated under the terms of Section 5 the Cyprus Act 1960List of Chief Justices of Cyprus
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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 ...
Lists of political office-holders in Cyprus
Chief justices
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