Administrative & Constitutional Law

Administrative & Constitutional Law


We advise on international human rights laws, civil actions and administrative recourses involving governmental bodies and institutions, public inquiries and judicial review cases.

The firm has extensive experience in managing the process of challenging decisions of public authorities and bodies. We represent clients before the Supreme Court of the Republic of Cyprus in Applications for Annulment relating to a diverse range of acts, decisions and omissions of various administrative authorities.

  • The Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus
  • The Laws enacted by the House of Representatives
  • The principles of Common Law
  • The ‘Law of the General Principles of Administrative Law 1999’
  • Administrative Regulatory Acts
  • European Union Law

The Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction to decide for every recourse which is filed against a decision, act or omission of any organ, authority or person exercising an administrative or executive function. The recourse or ‘application for annulment’ has to be filed to the Supreme Court within 75 days from the date when the decision or act or omission was published or when not published, from the time it came to the knowledge of the person filing the application for annulment.