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[[File:Supreme Court of Justice old square Nicosia Republic of Cyprus Cyprus 2.jpg|thumb|Supreme Court building, Nicosia]]

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 [[Cyprus Convention|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 [[the Crown|British Crown]]. The country became independent on 16 August 1960.<ref>{{cite book|title= Cyprus Issue: A Documentary History, 1878-2006|first= Murat|last= Hakki|page= 3}}</ref>

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]][https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/52/section/5/enacted]

==List of chief justices of Cyprus ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;text-align:left"
!rowspan="2"|Incumbent
!rowspan="2"|Portrait
!colspan="2"|Tenure
!rowspan="2" width=50% |Notes
|-
!Took office
!Left office
|-
| [[Elliott Bovill|Sir Elliot Charles Bovill]]
| [[File:Sir Elliot Bovill, Illustrated London News (6 May 1893).jpg|60px]]
|1883
|1890
| Later [[Chief Justice of Singapore|Chief Justice of Straits Settlements]], 1892
|-
| Sir [[William James Smith]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26917 |page=7348|date=7 December 1897}}</ref>
|
|1892
|1897
| Afterwards [[Chief Justice of British Guiana]], 1897
|-
| [[Joseph Turner Hutchinson|Sir Joseph Turner Hutchinson]]
| [[File:Sir J. T. Hutchinson.PNG|60px]]
|1898
|1906
| Afterwards [[Chief Justice of Ceylon]], 1906
|-
| Sir [[Charles Robert Tyser]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students ..., Volume 2|first= John|last = Venn|page=263}}</ref>
|
|1906
|1919
| 
|-
| [[Stanley Fisher (judge)|Sir Stanley Fisher]]
| [[File:Sir Stanley Fisher c. 1924.jpg|60px]]
|1920
|1924
|Afterwards [[Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago]], 1924
|-
|Sir [[Sidney Charles Nettleton]]
|
|1924
|1927
|Afterwards [[Chief Justice of Gibraltar]], 1927
|-
| [[Charles Frederic Belcher|Sir Charles Frederic Belcher]]
| [[File:Sir Charles Frederic Belcher c.1930.png|60px]]
|1927
|1930
|Afterwards [[Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago]], 1930
|-
| [[Herbert Stronge|Sir Herbert Cecil Stronge]]
|
|1931
|1938
|
|-
| Sir [[Bernard Arthur Crean]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11181198 |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne, Australia |date=22 April 1938 |title=Anzac Day in London |via=[[Trove]] |access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref>
|
|1938
|1943
|
|-
| [[Edward St. John Jackson|Sir Edward St. John Jackson]]
|
|1943
|1952
|
|-
| Sir [[Eric Hallinan]]
|
|1952
|1957
|
|-
| Sir [[Paget John Bourke]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Church House, Westminster, S.W.1. 26th April, 1957 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41059/page/2598/data.pdf |url-status=live|newspaper=The London Gazette |issue=41059 |location=London |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622164650/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41059/page/2598/data.pdf |archivedate=2016-06-22|date=30 April 1957 |access-date=2016-06-22 }}</ref>

|
|1957
|1961
|Later [[President of the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas]], 1970
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of judges|Cyprus]]
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[[Category:Cyprus history-related lists]]