Dr Klearchos A. Kyriakides

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Dr Klearchos A. Kyriakides

Dr Klearchos A. Kyriakides
mail[email protected] tel+357 24694000

Senior Visiting Fellow of English Law and Legal Practice

Qualifications 

Academic 

PhD Degree in History (Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, UK, 1997) 

MPhil Degree in International Relations (Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, UK, 1992) 

Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (University of Westminster, UK, 2000) 

Postgraduate Diploma in Law (University of Westminster, UK, 1999) 

LLB (Hons) Degree in Law & Politics (University of Birmingham, UK, 1991) 

Professional 

Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (Qualified and Admitted to the Roll, 2003; practising Assistant Solicitor, 2003-2007; non-practising Solicitor with Solicitors Regulation Authority No. 296051, 2007-) 

Specializations  

The English Legal System, Professional Conduct, Ethics & Regulation, Public Law, Economic Crime and other elements of the Law of England & Wales; aspects of International Law et al 

Employment Track 

Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Law, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus (hereafter ‘UCLan Cyprus’), Republic of Cyprus (September 2021- present) 

Self-employed Independent Academic Consultant engaging with a number of institutions directly or indirectly involved in the higher education sector (September 2021- present) 

Tutor, Centre for the Rule of Law & European Values, Cyprus (https://crolev.eu/), School of Law, UCLan Cyprus (2022-2025) 

Deputy Head, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus (June 2019-August 2021) 

Assistant Professor, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus (September 2015- August 2021) 

Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Hertfordshire, UK (2004-2015) 

Lecturer, School of Law, University of Hertfordshire, UK (2002-2004) 

Occasional visiting guest speaker and course director, Strategic Studies Courses for HM Forces, Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, University of Cambridge, UK (1996-2009) 

Practising Assistant Solicitor, Adonis Kyriakides & Co. Solicitors, London, UK (2003-2007) 

Trainee Solicitor, John B. Calver & Co. Solicitors, London, UK (2001-2002) 

Independent Academic Member, Chief of the Air Staff’s Air Power Workshop, Royal Air Force, UK (1997-1998) 

Secretary, Chief of the Air Staff’s Air Power Workshop, Royal Air Force, UK (January 1995 – December 1995) 

Research Fellow, Royal Air Force Staff College, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK (January 1995 – December 1995) 

Memberships (Academic/Professional) 

Current 

  • Affiliate Member, Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, UK (2021-) 
  • Co-initiator, Rule of Law Monitoring Mechanism, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus (2020-) 
  • Elected Executive Committee Member, West London Law Society, UK (2006-) 
  • Elected President, West London Law Society, UK (2010-2011) 
  • Elected Vice-President, West London Law Society, UK (2008-2010) 
  • Member, The Law Society of England and Wales, UK (2003-) 

Past 

  • Member, Society for Modern Greek Studies, UK (2008-2018) 
  • Executive Committee Member, Society for Modern Greek Studies, UK (2010-2015) 
  • Member, Learning and Development Sub-Committee, Hertfordshire Family Justice Board, UK (2007-2013) 
  • Member, Hertfordshire Law Society (2006-2013) 
  • Executive Council Member, Hertfordshire Law Society, UK (2006-2013) 

Research Interests 

Democracy and the rule of law; the Law Officers of the Crown; the history of the Island of Cyprus before and after the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus in 1960; relations between the United Kingdom, the European Union and the Republic of Cyprus; Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant on the southern coast of Turkey; and cognate issues. 

Roles and Responsibilities 

Academic Roles 

Current 

  • As Senior Visiting Fellow since 2021, the primary roles and responsibilities  have been: to support the teaching, research and knowledge transfer activities of the School of Law; to undertake an advisory role in support of the Head of the School; to interact collegially with members of staff; to co-develop, co-organise, co-deliver and otherwise contribute to academic events and Continuing Professional Development (‘CPD’) courses; to assist with engagement activities; and to contribute to the research and research-funding activities of UCLan Cyprus.   

Past 

  • As an Assistant Professor from 2015 until 2021, the primary roles and responsibilities were as module leader and tutor on various LLB and LLM  modules including (in alphabetical order) Advanced Legal Research, Advanced Legal Systems, Classical Foundations of Modern Law, English Legal System, Interviewing & Advising, Land Law, Lawyers’ Skills, Legal Research & Reasoning, Placements, Public Law, The Law of International Financial Transactions and The Transnational Regulation of Terrorism;  

Past Administrative Roles 

  • Deputy Head, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus (2019-2021) 
  • Chair, Research Sub-Committee, Research and Innovation Committee, UCLan Cyprus (2019-2021) 
  • Chair, Student Disciplinary Hearings, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus (2018-2021) 
  • Co-ordinator & Judge, Annual Student Mooting Competition (2016-2021)   
  • Member, Staff-Student Liaison Committee, School of Law (2015-2021) 
  • School of Law Lead, Student Experience Committee (2015-2018) 
  • School of Law Lead, Research & Innovation Committee (2015-2017) 

Unpublished PhD Dissertation 

K.A. Kyriakides, ‘British Cold War Strategy & the Struggle to Maintain Military Bases in Cyprus 1951-60’ (University of Cambridge, submitted in October 1996 and approved in January 1997 without the need for any corrections to be made).  Available online, by request, via the Library of the University of Cambridge at www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/252280  

Selective Publications  

Peer-reviewed publications 

Written evidence submitted to and published by the UK Parliament 

Selective Conference and Seminar Presentations 

Selective Research Funding/ Grant Capture 

  • Researcher and Author – ‘Ongoing project warning about the emerging and potential risks to the Republic of Cyprus and the Sovereign Base Areas, including those arising from Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant on the southern coast of Turkey, 85 kilometres north of the Turkish-occupied coast of the Republic of Cyprus’, 2019 – Present 
  • Researcher and Author – ‘Ongoing project (i) highlighting the unpunished international crimes and related culture of impunity in the Republic of Cyprus, including its Turkish-occupied northern part and (ii) advancing my long-standing but hitherto unheeded call for the formation of an International Criminal Tribunal for Cyprus’, 2016 – Present  
  • Researcher and Author – ‘Ongoing project highlighting the normalisation of segregation in the Island of Cyprus both before and after the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus on 16 August 1960’, 2016 – present 
  • Researcher and Author – ‘Project resulting in written evidence to the UK Parliament together with other outputs which focused on the implications of Brexit for the Republic of Cyprus and the Sovereign Base Areas in the Island of Cyprus, 2016 – 2019 
  • Researcher and Author – ‘Ongoing project which builds upon my doctoral research by exploring the strategic role of the Island of Cyprus in support of the UK both before and after the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus’, 1993 – Present  

Supervision and examination of Projects/PhDs 

  • Director of Studies (i.e., PhD Supervisor): two successfully completed PhD projects, University of Central Lancashire (2018-2025) 
  • External Examiner: four PhD theses submitted to the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in the University of London, one PhD thesis submitted to the University of Birmingham, one PhD thesis submitted to the University of Newcastle and one PhD thesis submitted to the University of South Africa (2006-) 
  • Internal Examiner: one PhD thesis submitted to the University of Hertfordshire (2006) 
  • Supervisor or Examiner of many LLB and LLM dissertations (2002-) 

Consultancy and CPD Training 

Current 

  • Co-ordinator, Chair and Tutor, CPD Courses, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus (September 2015 – present) 
  • Co-author, with Prof. Stéphanie Laulhé Shaelou, of a forthcoming independent paper illustrated with infographics by Alexandra M. Uibariu acting as empirical data consultant, on common challenges facing the United Kingdom and the European Union in the context of the Republic of Cyprus and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus; the paper is the outcome of a contract, dated 5 January 2026, between the Secretary of State for the Home Department (acting through the Home Office in the UK Government) and UCLan Cyprus  
  • Co-author, with Prof. Stéphanie Laulhé Shaelou, of an 80-page independent study, dated 4 November 2024, and a subsequent 25-page letter, dated 1 May 2025, which evaluated the framework regulating access to information in the Government and Law Enforcement Agencies of the Republic of Cyprus with a particular focus on the Right of Access to Information of the Public Sector Laws of 2017 (Law 184(I)), as amended; both texts were submitted (i) within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding, dated 5 December 2022, as signed by the Ministry of Justice & Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus and the School of Law of UCLan Cyprus and (ii) with the aim of assisting the Ministry of Justice & Public Order to respond effectively to one of the recommendations made by the Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) in a report published on 2 October 2023 following its 5th Evaluation Round visit to the Republic  
  • Independent Academic Consultant (Remunerated), Walk of Truth Stichting (a registered not-for-profit foundation dedicated to the protection of cultural heritage), The Hague, the Netherlands (September 2021 – April 2024)  
  • Co-ordinator, Chair and Tutor, CPD Courses, School of Law, University of Hertfordshire (2005-2015)  
  • Independent Academic Consultant (pro bono), Lobby for Cyprus (a non-party political non-governmental organisation representing forcibly displaced persons from the Turkish-occupied part of the Republic of Cyprus), London (2012-); his role stems from the fact that Klearchos has roots in the Turkish-occupied part of the Republic of Cyprus, namely the ethnically cleansed villages of Petra, the birthplace of his paternal grandfather, and Lysi, the birthplace of his maternal grandfather 

Scholarships/Awards 

  • Winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in Community Engagement, University of Hertfordshire’s Awards Ceremony (2014) 
  • ‘Unsung Hero’, title bestowed on Klearchos by the President of the Law Society of England and Wales in recognition of his ‘contribution to local law societies, the legal profession and the community’ (2012) 

Other Scholarly and Outreach Activities 

  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Balkan & Near Eastern Studies (published by Routledge), 2010 – present 
  • Occasional reviewer of draft articles submitted to peer-reviewed academic journals and draft books submitted to academic publishers  
  • Director, Rule of Law Programme, European Rim Policy and Investment Council, Larnaca (a non-party political think tank) 
  • Occasional columnist in Simerini (Η Σημερινή), a newspaper in the Republic of Cyprus founded in 1976; author of more than 120 articles and open letters written in Greek, each of which ranges from 1,200 to 2,400 words in length, demystifies a significant historical, legal or political issue for the benefit of the public, reflects his personal views and is freely available online in open access at https://simerini.sigmalive.com    
  • Occasional speaker at webinars and co-ordinator of other academic events organized by Agora Dialogue (an Australian not-for-profit organization) 
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