The Law Lords have given leave for SP Anastasiou (Pissouri) to challenge decisions of the High Court and Court of Appeal in which declarations were granted that, pursuant to European Directives, it was illegal to allow the importation into the UK of produce originating from north of the UN buffer zone in Cyprus unless accompanied by phytosanitary certificates issued in the Republic of Cyprus. Anastasiou, an exporter of citrus products in the Republic of Cyprus, accuses the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of wrongly permitting citrus products and potatoes to be imported to the UK.
Compulsory mediation hits Canadian litigants
LITIGANTS in the Canadian state of Ontario will have to undergo compulsory mediation before they can take their cases to the courts under plans unveiled by Charles Harnick, the state’s attorney general. Harnick announced his decision to introduce compulsory mediation in all non-family civil law suits on 31 January. Describing the plan as “a turning […]