In the English case AXA EQUITY & LAW LIFE –V- NATIONAL WESTMINISTER BANK (1998) CHC 117 (which has been adopted and followed by Cypriot Courts), the Court refused disclosure on the basis that the claimant had already made out a prima facie case against the accountancy firm they were suing, and did not require Norwich Pharmacal disclosure to determine whether a case could be brought against them. The application therefore infringed the “mere witness rule” as the banks were compellable witness.

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Greek oil and gas producer Energean seeks to convince Cypriot parliamentary party leaders to pressure the government into accepting its proposal to sell its Israeli gas to Cyprus.

Shipping agents on Tuesday expressed concerns over the government’s goal of privatising Larnaca port, the only one left under full state control, expressing fears for the repetition of the mistakes made with that of Limassol.

Cyprus is working on a charm offensive to attract higher income third age tourists, Phileleftheros reported on Tuesday.

Tourist arrivals in November and in the first eleven months of this year were at a record high for the time of the year, data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service on Tuesday showed.

European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides will be in Cyprus on Thursday and Friday in her first official visit to a member state since taking up her post in the von der Leyen Commission.

Ideas that change the current structure and philosophy of the national health system (Gesy) will not be accepted, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday amid ongoing negotiations with private hospitals ahead of the introduction of the scheme’s second phase in the middle of next year.

Cyprus has named an exoplanet and its sun Onasilos and Alasia, the head of the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) George Danos announced on Tuesday.

Larnaca-based Cyprus Airways will operate flights to Rome during Summer 2020 with two weekly flights as part of a schedule of new routes. The flights start on 13 June, every Wednesday and Saturday.