Evidence in Civil Law - Cyprus

• Main Author: Hatzimihail, Nikitas (auth)
• Other Authors: Pantelidou, Antria (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Institute for Local Self-Government and Public Procurement Maribor 2015
• Series: Law & Society
• Subjects: Political structure & processes; cross-border cases; cyprus; judicial cooperation; principles; evidence; civil procedure law; Affidavit; Burden of proof (law); Case law; Common law; Defendant; English law; Lawsuit
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This short monograph attempts an exploration of the legal treatment of evidence questions in Cyprus law. The first section of the study offers a comparative-law introduction to the legal system of Cyprus - a mixed legal system that in matters of civil litigation, including evidence, tends to strongly follow the English common law tradition (including the existence of an autonomous legal field of evidence law, that tends to be dominated by criminal evidence law. The second section presents the general principles underlying Cypriot civil procedure, including evidence. The sections that follow examine in more detail legal aspects involving civil evidence, especially how the basic types of evidence are treated in Cyprus law and how the processes for the taking of evidence are organized. The study also examines special questions including the legal treatment of illegally obtained evidence, legal costs and problems of language. The final section examines the cross-border dimensions of civil evidence-taking.