Announcement of the Supreme Court of Cyprus
On the occasion of his visit to Cyprus, on the occasion of the awarding of the Order of the Republic of Cyprus for 2022 by the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts, Dr. Simeon Simeonides, a distinguished Cypriot Professor at Willamette University College of Law in America, gave a speech today, Thursday, at the Supreme Court on "The 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments".
The speech was held in the Lecture Hall of the Supreme Court and was attended by Judges, State Officials, Law School Academics, Lawyers and Legal Officers of the Supreme Court. In his address, the President of the Supreme Court, Mr. Antonis Liatsos, addressed the audience, while Mr. George Erotokritou, former Judge of the Supreme Court, moderated the event.
In his address, the President of the Supreme Court, after praising the emblematic personality of Professor Simeon Simeonidis, who took part in the drafting of the Hague Convention, stressed that: "It is clear from the very wording of the provisions of the Convention that its object is to establish a harmonised and simplified international regime in relation to the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. Through judicial cooperation, the Hague Convention promotes the facilitation of international multilateral trade and investment, effective access to 'cross-border' justice and the enhancement, as far as possible, of the unimpeded international circulation of judgments. In this way, legal certainty, a fundamental, democratic and universal concept, but also a legal anchor for the consolidation of our legal culture, is achieved."
In his speech, Professor Dr. Simeon Simeonides clearly explained not only the background, but also the background that led to the new Hague Convention of 2019, which, as we know, will enter into force on 1 September 2023. He also interlinked the new Convention with the corresponding European Regulation on the subject and explained the exceptions, provisions and scope of the Convention, with an emphasis on the conditions for recognition of a foreign judgment.
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