by Dr. Nadia Kornioti Associate Lecturer in International & Comparative Public Law, UCLan Cyprus The present student symposium is the result of the hard work of a group of second year Law students …

by Alexander Studnev The 20th century marked dramatic changes in the world. The emergence of the global economy and technological and social advancements have flipped the chessboard of history like ne …

The train of global legal development continues smoothly gliding along the railtrack of globalisation, but the road to market efficiency appears increasingly uncertain. Can Comparative Law slow this t …

by Hashane Perera “Comparative Law may have been the hobby of yesterday, but it is destined to become the science of tomorrow. We must welcome rather than fear its influence.” Lord Goff, The Wilberfor …

by Yasmina Amhaz Comparative Law has its roots in colonialism and at the time, comparative lawyers had a different approach to it, rather than today. The methods available for comparison then concerne …

by Ana Beatriz Steingraber-dutra One of the most pressing contemporary discussions in comparative legal scholarship concerns the extent at which Comparative Law has been influenced by the globalised w …

by Ksenia Fedoseeva The 2023-2024 edition of the UCLan Cyprus Annual Mooting Competition was once again successfully held by the University’s School of Law in cooperation with the Student Law Society. …

The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for the Rule of Law and European Values (CRoLEV) (2022-25) at the School of Law of the University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus (UCLan Cyprus) is pleased to anno …

by Ksenia Fedoseeva On the 1st of February 2024, the UCLan Cyprus Law Society, with the help of the University’s academics, coordinated an Oxford-Style legal debate with the following motion: ‘This Ho …

by Yasmina Amhaz and Lora Stylianou Following receipt of an invitation by Her Excellency, President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus, Ms. Annita Demetriou, addressed to female …

By Noa Caesar (Year 1, LLB student, School of Law) On the 20th and 27th November 2023, Year 1 LLB students had the privilege to participate in a transformative two-part workshop about public speaking …

Press Release The School of Law of the University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus, UCLan Cyprus, in cooperation with the Student Law Society, successfully organised and held the students’ Annual Mooti …

The School of Law of UCLan Cyprus is glad to announce the holding of its annual mooting competition for the academic year 2022-2023 during semester 2. Who can enter? The best performing teams from the …

Participants: Τhe President of the European Central Bank Madame Christine Lagarde. The Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Mr. Constantinos Herodotou. By Joya Lahoud and Krestin Saad Mous …

On the 16th of February 2022, UCLan Cyprus took part in the UCLan Inter-Campus Mediation Competition for the very first time, as part of the UCLan Cyprus Mediation Month 2022. The competition built on …

by Mishel Bogatova, Year 4 LLB student, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus (2021-22) Part 1 of this article laid down the empirical study of the general expected steps and various milestones of the legal aca …

by Mishel Bogatova Year 4 LLB student, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus (2021-22) Being an LLB student, I have found myself, as most students do, questioning what I should do next and ultimately what my ca …

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Participants: Τhe Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, the Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle Τhe President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus, Her Excellency Mrs Annita …

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On the occasion of the Employability Month organised by the School of Law of UCLan Cyprus, a series of five interactive sessions is being offered to all undergraduate (LLB) and postgraduate students ( …

At 18:00 on Thursday 4 November 2021, the UCLan Cyprus School of Law, in association with the British High Commission in Nicosia, will be hosting a free CPD Webinar on ‘Transparency in the Executive B …

Following the previous successful implementation of the project ‘Social Mediation in Practice’, in 2019-2020, which was awarded the European Citizen Prize by the European Parliament in 2020, the new p …

The School of Law of UCLan Cyprus is happy to announce a new project on smuggling and human trafficking across the Green Line in Cyprus, sponsored by the British High Commission in Nicosia. The projec …

By Olga Shevchuk – Runner Up Nowadays, humanity is faced with the global threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Individual countries and the whole world have suffered human and economic losses. Countries ha …

By Angelina Alyabyeva – Winner The Covid-19 pandemic has entered into our lives in the most unpredictable way. As of February 2021, almost a year after the first cases of the virus were recorded in th …

 On 20 January 2021, the School of Law of the University of Central Lancashire Cyprus held a webinar on the impact of Brexit upon the legal profession in the Republic of Cyprus. The day after, Profess …

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by Angelina Alyabyeva In June 2020, I had the unique opportunity to participate in a research project organized by Velaris & Velaris LLC Law Office and the School of Law of UCLan Cyprus. The resea …

This is the first of a series of free transparency-related Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Webinars organised by the School of Law of the Cyprus Campus of the University of Central Lancashir …

This piece was originally published in: Intl Womens Day 2021 – Women in Law International Opening RemarksMost of us nowadays are trying constantly  to juggle the priorities in life: career, work, …

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By Andreas Hadjigeorgiou Introduction: The newly formed International Protection Administrative Court (IPAC) was constituted back in 2019, and begun its work officially around the middle of June 2019 …

The UCLan Cyprus School of Law is pleased to announce its annual Writing Competition. Who can enter? The Writing Competition is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students and alumni …

By Dr. Andreas P. Poetis Advocate The legal profession extends to every act a man can imagine. We need the services of a lawyer when we get married or when we want to make a testament or when somebody …

A message from the interview coordinator: Dear Readers, my name is Andrea Manoli. I am a Research Scholar at the School of Law of UCLan Cyprus and one of the academics involved in the UCLan Cyprus Law …

By Charilaos Velaris “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” – Lord Acton One could add to Lord Acton’s wise observation that corruption acts like a degenerative ailment and i …

By Andreas Hadjigeorgiou Arnisidikia (αρνησιδικία) is an interesting Greek concept, without an English counterpart, which usually translates into ‘denial of justice’. More precisely, though, it refers …

By Dr. Demetra Loizou, Lecturer in International law and Legal Skills, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus Dr. Despina Christofi, Lecturer in International Commercial Arbitration and Investment law School of …

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By Prof. Stéphanie Laulhé Shaelou, Professor of European Law and Reform and Head, School of Law, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus campus (UCLan Cyprus) Ms. Andrea Manoli, PhD Candidate, Univer …

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Nadia Kornioti, PhD Candidate, UCLan Cyprus The emergency measures taken by many governments during the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, have given rise to multiple discussions among lawyers, academics and …

Once the first case of COVID-19 was reported on 9 March 2020, the Republic of Cyprus introduced emergency measures to contain the spread of the virus, as per the powers granted under the Constitution …

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In this Podcast, the first one of an English series of podcasts, I had the pleasure to host two distinguished academics from UClan Cyprus. Professor Stephanie Laulhe Shaelou, Head of Law School at UCL …

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Guidelines aimed at potential authors of articles and other contributions A Blog piece is aimed at a wide non-expert audience, on topics of societal interest. So academics should avoid legalistic term …

Andrea Manoli, PhD Candidate, UCLan Cyprus Numerous researchers have agreed that the television is a revelation portal of erroneous and demeaning depictions of women. Nevertheless, very few have resea …

In February 2020, a group of Law students of UCLan Cyprus visited Auschwitz concentration camp together with their lecturer, Dr. Natalie Alkiviadou. World War 2. A war that shaped mankind. A war that …

By Ms. Andrea Manoli, Research Scholar, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus Prologue by Prof. Stéphanie Laulhé Shaelou, Head of School of Law, UCLan Cyprus Dear Readers, it is with great pleasure that I would …

Daniela Amura, LLB Student, UCLan Cyprus TRENDS AND EVOLUTIONS The general trends for the Republic of Cyprus are promising a positive development in eliminating gender pay inequality. According to the …

Located in German-occupied Poland, Auschwitz as well as Birkenau or Auschwitz II was considered as the one of the infamous camps where more than 1, 1 million people were murdered. It can be also argue …

Alexandros Xanalatos, LLB student, UCLan Cyprus World war two, a dark, bloody and regretful point of history that shook not only the European but also the International community who agreed to unite a …

The School of Law of UCLan Cyprus in cooperation with AEQUITAS invites undergraduate and post graduate students of the School of Law of UCLan Cyprus participate in our annual competition for a funded …

UCLAN Cyprus School of Law will hold a Data Protection Roundtable on 15th January 2020 to discuss the Schrems II opinion and other legal developments in data protection in 2019.  The event is app …

By Angelina Alyabyeva 2nd Year LLB Student, UCLan Cyprus On the 4th October 2019 I participated at Dr. Natalie Alkiviadou’s book launch in Nicosia. Her book is entitled ‘The Far-Right in Int …

The rate of technology innovation challenges the ability of our legal and compliance systems to keep up. Developing and using new technology sometimes resembles playing a game when the gameboard keeps …

By Angelina Alyabyeva – 1st year Law student The purpose of this work is to study and find the reason why the peaceful Christian country of the Vatican has turned Turkey against it and not b …

By Daniela Amura – 2nd Year LLB I took part in a seminar on youth entrepreneurship at UCLan Cyprus which occurred within the framework of the Erasmus Plus funded project entitled ‘MYSITE’ and implemen …

By Angelina Alyabyeva – 1st Year Law student Education is one of the natural, fundamental rights and freedoms of a person. Education means “the process of teaching or learning, esp …

By Andrea Manoli – Phd student Humanity refers to the quality of being humane; benevolence. Yet, human beings collectively have committed the most appalling crimes against humanity. One of s …

By Alexandra Oikonomou – 4th Year LLB student With reference to World War II: I am writing to tell you that I want to visit your most terrifying home. Yes, the one in Poland, Auschwitz …

By Daniil Isaev – 2nd year LLB student Auschwitz-Birkenau, some might wonder why Auschwitz. Why does nobody speak as much about Treblinka, Sobibor, Dachau and other numerous camps. Some …

By Anastasios Andreou – 2nd year LLB student Auschwitz – Birkenau, is the largest former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp section of the Auschwitz complex.[1] It wa …

A short poem written by Giorgos Osipidis, 3rd Year LLB student, to compare our everyday struggles with the horrors of World War 2.   ‘‘As I wake up in the morning, I go to brush my teeth I am des …

By Andrea Manoli – Research Scholar at University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus School of Law Disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in atrocities outraging the conscience of mankind, b …

The introduction of the Mooting and Legal Debating module on the LLB has led to the creation of a debating club. Two volunteer positions for the management of the club were created as allocated seats …

Sex trafficking from Nigeria to Italy dates back to the 1980s where Nigerian migrant workers travelled to Italy to harvest fruits and vegetables.[1] Since then, an estimated number of 30,000 wome …

Dr. Dimitrios Hadjihambis is undoubtedly one of the most prominent members of the Republic’s legal profession and one of the finest academics at UCLan Cyprus Law School. A distinct individual, both in …

In 1983, Dr. Michele A. Paludi and Lisa A. Strayer replicated Philip A. Goldberg’s 1968 research on gender bias against women which was titled ‘What’s in an Author’s Name’. In this study, 300 students …

The present era of feminism which is also referred to as the third wave of feminism, is a movement which continues to advocate for equal rights for women. This is because equality is still yet to be a …

From the 29th to the 31st of March, I had the privilege of undertaking an extensive Alternative Dispute Resolution Course that took place in UCLan Cyprus. Out of all the events that were organized dur …

Another interesting public lecture took place in the University on the 23rd of March 2017.  It was entitled “Accession of the EU to the ECHR: Problems, Challenges and the European judicial p …

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour for me to be invited to speak to this distinguished body as Secretary-General of the UN. The subject of the climate change is one of the most import …

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the UNA of Cyprus and WFUNA I welcome for the second year, all of you in the Model UN co-organized by UNAC and Uclan University. I congratulate all the …

Modern technology has a tremendous effect on our society. We live in an age of information abundance, an Internet driven and mobile device world. Over the past twenty-six years, a global system of int …

Jurisprudence is often described as the general reflections upon law and justice. The word Jurisprudence is based on the Latin terms of jus which means law, and prudentia which means discretion.  The …

Brexit is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU), and it was, and continues to be, one of the most divisive dilemmas in British society.  On the 1st of Februa …

On the 1st of December 2016, the Law School launched a new public lecture series. The first lecture of the series regarded the Rule of Law in Cyprus, both within a modern and a historical context …

The 1951 UN Refugee Convention and its Additional Protocol offer the central international protection mechanism for refugees. Accordingly, the key principle of the Convention is the principle of non-r …

Professor Dr. Achilles C. Emilianides, gave a compelling lecture regarding the Bail-In of Cyprus; also known as “haircut”, on the 17th of November 2016, at UCLan Cyprus. The presentation was give …

On the 28th of March Dr Alina Tryfonidou gave a presentation to UCLan Cyprus’ law students, in which she discussed the idea of selling EU citizenship, and whether this should be possible. Dr Tryfonido …

On the 28th of March Dr Alina Tryfonidou gave a presentation to UCLan Cyprus’ law students, in which she discussed the idea of selling EU citizenship, and whether this should be possible. Dr Tryfonido …

“If you do pursue a career in Human Rights, do it because you like it, and because you want to establish justice for the individual.” That, is how Mr. Achilleas Demetriades started the lecture that he …

On the 11th October I started my journey to Rhodes (via Thessaloniki) to take part in the Model Regional Cooperation 2016. This is an annual event that simulates particular regional committees su …

The very first Law Fair entitled “Become a Lawyer for a day” was held in the Moot Courtroom of UCLan Cyprus on the 16th of September 2016.   Prominent lawyers were invited aiming to sho …

UCLan Cyprus may at first appear like a young university with under 5 years of operations under its belt. However, it can easily be said that the Law School is advancing, providing the students and ev …

The Law Society of the UCLAN Cyprus is organising the Law School Ball on the 27th May 2016, at Rise Hotel at 20:30.    

Mr Christophi gave a presentation on a controversial matter regarding the Cypriot Society. Cyprus has usually followed a patriarchal approach when it comes down to the protection of human rights. Trad …

On the 8th of March 2016, the Cyprus Committee of the European Students Association (ELSA) gave a presentation to UCLan Cyprus to elaborate on the “Objectives and Benefits of ELSA”. ELSA was foun …

On the 12th of February we were excited and pleased to attend a Jean Monnet Module by Judge Constantinos Lycourgos addressing the “Measures taken in order to tackle the Euro Crisis and the case l …

A few days ago we were visited at UCLan Cyprus by Solicitor and Former Associate Lecturer of the School of Law, Ms Diana Louise Constantinidou. She spoke to us about the early stages of becoming …