Chief Justice of Cyprus

The chief justice of Cyprus was the head of the Supreme Court of Cyprus until 1961.

The administration of Cyprus was taken over by the British government, following the Russo-Turkish War, under the Convention of 4 June 1878. Charles Alfred Cookson was appointed in that year as Chief Justice and Attorney General. Following the outbreak of hostilities between the two countries in 1914, the island was annexed by the British Crown. The country became independent on 16 August 1960.

The Supreme Court of Cyprus was established in 1883.

Until 1960, there was a right of appeal from the Supreme Court of Cyprus to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which was terminated under the terms of Section 5 the Cyprus Act 1960

List of chief justices of Cyprus

IncumbentPortraitTenureNotesTook officeLeft office Sir Elliot Charles Bovill 18831890 Later Chief Justice of Straits Settlements, 1892 Sir William James Smith18921897 Afterwards Chief Justice of British Guiana, 1897 Sir Joseph Turner Hutchinson 18981906 Afterwards Chief Justice of Ceylon, 1906 Sir Charles Robert Tyser19061919 Sir Stanley Fisher 19201924Afterwards Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, 1924Sir Sidney Charles Nettleton19241927Afterwards Chief Justice of Gibraltar, 1927 Sir Charles Frederic Belcher 19271930Afterwards Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, 1930 Sir Herbert Cecil Stronge19311938 Sir Bernard Arthur Crean19381943 Sir Edward St. John Jackson19431952 Sir Eric Hallinan19521957 Sir Paget John Bourke19571961Later President of the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas, 1970

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