by admin | Nov 22, 2019 | Civil Damages, Directors, Directors’ Liability, Employee Rights, Personal Injury
Mark McBride vs MK Leisure Limited dealt with an injury of an employee at the place of work. The plaintiff worked as a pastry chef with MK Leisure Limited. On the 28th of December, 2007 he was cleaning the inside of a cooker when he cut his finger so badly that he had...
by admin | Nov 4, 2019 | Landlords, Lease, Property, Rent, Uncategorized
Court of Appeal acknowledges rent laws violation of owners’ right to property and increases compensation A recent decision by the Court of Appeal in Anna Galea et vs L-Avukat Generali u Saint Julians Band Club has awarded further damages to property owners aggrieved...
by admin | Oct 30, 2019 | Daphne Caruana Galizia, Free Speech, Hate Speech, Human Rights, Libel, PEP, Press Freedom
The Court of Appeal in its Inferior competence has recently overturned a decision taken by the Court of Magistrates (Malta) back in October 2018 by virtue of which the newspaper ‘The Malta Independent’ was condemned to pay €3,000 in libel damages to two auditors...
by admin | Oct 24, 2019 | Human Rights, Landlords, Property, Rent, Rights
Recently there has been a shift in what Maltese courts consider to be an adequate remedy for landlords whose property rights have been violated by the state. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has criticised our domestic courts on a number of occasions, for...
by admin | Oct 21, 2019 | Consumer Rights
In a recent decision, the European Court of Justice, ruled that in cases of connecting flights which are the subject of a single reservation, the air carrier performing the first flight is obliged to pay compensation to passengers if they suffer long delays in the...
