Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (18.11.09) reports that the only Turkish Cypriot lawyer, Mr Erdogan N. Dervis, who followed the latest hearing of the Orams case at the British Appeals Court, gave an interview to the paper.
Noting that the Orams have little chances to win the case and that it could not be said that the appeal process goes very well, Mr Dervis said: “It cannot be said that there is no chance, however, it appears that the process is against us.” Mr Dervis said that it was not correct that the case was given first to the law firm Vahib and Co because that law firm did not have any specialty in the international law. Mr Dervis also added: “This case should have been given to a stronger law firm with specialists in the international and EU law.
Commenting on last April’s ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Mr Dervis said that the decision was entirely a political one and added: “The decision has no aspect that anyone can lean on it legally. Because the article in Protocol 10 is putting very clear that ‘while the Republic of Cyprus joined the EU, it has no control or authority in the territory in the north’.”
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