This appeal considered whether domestic courts ought to recognise and apply within the body of ECHR, art 7 the principle of «lex mitior» (where the law most favourable to the defendant should apply where there are differences between the criminal law in force at the time of the commission of the offence and subsequent criminal laws enacted before a final judgment is rendered). (ukscblog.com)
Note: Here, what ECtHR means by «laws in force within the territory of northern Cyprus» is the laws that TRNC published and put into implementation (See: ECtHR's 02.07.2013 decision above). (politics.stackexchange.com)
Section 1 of the Wills Act 1963, which is in force in Scotland, specifies that» [a] will shall be treated as properly executed if its execution conformed to the internal law in force in the territory where it was executed.» (law.stackexchange.com)