Regarding a request by the plaintiffs’ lawyers to postpone the hearing so they could access information requested of the Legal Service, Attorney-general Petros Clerides - representing the state - argued against a postponement, saying the resolution and recapitalisation of the two banks was a precondition for Cyprus to receive as a loan €10 billion from the troika.

Meanwhile, the data requested by the lawyers could not be given to the plaintiffs’ since the Central Bank had classified it as confidential, preventing even the Legal Service from having access to it.