Judge, Supreme Court
Personal Status
Married with one daughter.
Academic Qualifications
Holder of the following degrees and qualifications:
- L.L.B. Honours awarded by the University of Essex, U.K.
- L.L.M. Honours on Corporate Law awarded by the University of Cambridge, U.K. (First Class Honours)
- Vocational title of Barrister-at-Law of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn
Brief Professional Background
- Practised law in teh private sector from 1989 to 1990.
- Held the position of Counsel for the Republic in the Legal Service of the Republic of Cyprus from 1990 to November 1995.
- Appointed in the Judicial Service as acting District Judge in November 1995 and as a District Judge in November 1996. Held the position of District Judge from November 1996 to February 2004.
- Promoted to the position of Senior District Judge in February 2004.
- Promoted to the position of President of the District Court in October 2012.
- Served as President of the Assize Court of Nicosia from 25 April 2013 to 9 September 2016.
- Served as Administrative President of the District Court of Larnaca - Famagusta from 6 February 2017 to 9 September 2019 and as Administrative President of the District Court of Nicosia from 10 September 2019 to 6 December 2020.
- Examiner on Criminal Procedure for the Bar examinations of the Cyprus Legal Council from 2001 to 2015.
- Trainer in the Group of Trainers of the Cyprus Judicial Training School since October 2018.
- Member of the Permanent Monitoring Committee for Judicial Conduct and Ethics since October 2020.
- Appointed Justice of the Supreme Court on 7 December 2020.
- Member of the Council of the Cyprus Judicial Training School since 15 July 2022.
- Member of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice of the Council of Europe since 13 September 2023.
- Member of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary since 4 October 2023.
- Network Correspondent to the Judicial Network of the European Union (JNEU) since 15 May 2024.
