79.4% of lawyers believe that judges are more influenced than they should be by their personal ideological beliefs and 61% do not believe that judges are impartial, according to survey findings presented at the Symposium of the Procedural Law Unit of the University of Nicosia Law School.
According to a statement from the University of Nicosia, based on the results of a survey of 228 lawyers, "56.1% of lawyers believe that the esteem in which they are held in society is moderate" while 55.7% of respondents answered "that lawyers bear a significant share in the occasional disparagement of the justice system by citizens".
In her address to the Symposium, the Minister of Justice and Public Order, Stefi Drakou, expressed the Government's support to the legal world and its determination and contribution to the upgrading and modernization of the justice system in our country.
Referring to the recent revision of the Civil Procedure Rules, she said that "the completion of this project shows that what once seemed unattainable and unattainable was finally achieved and successfully."
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs, Nikos Tornaritis, said that they will await the conclusions of the Symposium to discuss them in the relevant Parliamentary Committee, to which he even invited its initiators, Dr. Anna Em. Plevris, Assistant Professor of Civil Procedure. Dr. Plevre, Associate Professor of Law and ADR at the Law School of the University of Nicosia, and Dr. Nicolas Kyriakides, Co-Director of the Procedural Law Unit of the Law School of the University of Nicosia and Lawyer.
In welcoming the Symposium, Dr. Plevre welcomed the Symposium. Christos Clerides, President of the Pancyprian Bar Association and Chairman of the Department of Law at Frederick University, stated that procedure has a decisive impact on the outcome of judicial decisions and there is a need for balance and a common approach to the various aspects of procedural law. "If the new regulations are properly implemented, it will reduce the cost and the length of time it takes to hear cases for the benefit of the citizens themselves."
Commissioner for Law, Louisa Christodou Zannetou, commented that cooperation between the legal profession and the legal world always has positive results as it combines the practice of law with a high-level academic approach.
Moreover, the President of the Faculty of Law of the University of Nicosia, Dr. Christos Papastylianos, expressed his satisfaction, because the work of the Unit is not only limited to theory but also to practical suggestions and joint actions with those who practice law in practice.
The British jurist Lord Dyson, the pioneer of the forthcoming reform of Cypriot civil procedure, said in his speech that as in Cyprus, so in Great Britain, before the modernisation of the Civil Procedure Rules, there were significant problems, both in terms of time and cost.
He added that "there was a culture problem in the administration of justice in Cyprus and those involved had to be persuaded that a significant change and simplification of procedures was needed, as was the case in Britain". I believe that the new regulations will be adopted by the whole of the legal community in Cyprus in a few years, provided there is proper training and culture change," said the British jurist.
Research was also presented during the Symposium in relation to the next day of implementation of the new Civil Procedure Rules and the use of artificial intelligence in civil justice.
The issue of enforcement of judgments was also discussed at length and the need for an immediate, fundamental reform of the relevant legal framework and other enforceable instruments was highlighted, which is directly linked to the encouragement of transactions and the promotion of investment in Cyprus. The event was held in memory of the former Attorney General, Alekos Markidis.
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