by Senior Associate – Dr Carlos Bugeja Yesterday, Parliament approved the new Private Residential Leases Act, 2019, providing for new laws regulating lease, and formally described as an Act “.. to promote the development of the private rented sector by ensuring standards of fairness, clarity…
by Dr Mary Rose Micallef – Junior Associate The following is the second article in a series of articles delving into the concept of preventive action in Civil Law. The previous article may be viewed here. In Part I of these series we discussed the…
by Dr Carlos Bugeja – Senior Associate Today, the Government launched a new scheme for those people who want to request the purchase of temporary directum dominium of Government property or leased property, used as an ordinary/summer residence, that is burdened with temporary emphytheusis (ground-rent).…
by Dr Mary Rose Micallef – Junior Associate Legal Notice 216 of 2019 – published yesterday (27 August 2019) introduced a refurbished set of rules in respect of the process redemption of land belonging to the Government or to the Lands Authority under a title…
by Dr Carlos Bugeja – Senior Associate The judgment delivered today, 27 August 2019, by the European Court of Human Rights (EctHR) in the names of Portanier vs Malta is huge and far-reaching, for more reasons than one can imagine. In the past few years,…
by Dr Mary Rose Micallef – Junior Associate Image from Shutterstock (c) The building and construction sector have always been a cornerstone in the development of our country. Throughout the years, legislative bodies enacted several laws in order to regulate the said fundamental sector, however…
by Dr Mary Rose Micallef – Junior Associate Civil actions are predominantly triggered as a result of damage or harm suffered by the victim – civil actions become legally functional once the evidence of damages become evident. Conversely, actions to protect one’s self or property…
by Dr Carlos Bugeja – Senior Associate The Maltese Law of Evidence employs a probatory system of persuasion. Allegations need not be proved to an absolute certainty; the initiator has to merely reach the level of persuasion assigned by law in the forum they are…
by Dr Mary Rose Micallef – Junior Associate Introduction The introduction of Article 1864A of the Civil Code brought about innovative additions to the institute of mandate law. Power of attorneys (POA) (prokura) fall under the realm of this ancient institute of mandate. A prokura…
Today, the Government announced that it will be presenting a bill to Parliament, proposing key changes to our current regime of the law of lease. At this early stage, the details are still rather sketchy, even because the bill has yet to be properly published.…