by admin | Jul 18, 2019 | Landlords, Lease, Property, Rent
The Maltese rent laws have over the years gone through a number of amendments. The liberalisation of the private rentals sector in 1995, following the overly-regulated regime previously in force, allowed the parties the freedom to contract as they wished. With the...
by admin | Jul 16, 2019 | Competition Law, Consumer Rights, MCCAA, Rights
Act XVI of 2019 was recently enacted to amend the Consumer Affairs Act, Cap. 378 and the Competition Act, Cap. 379 in order to extend the competence of the Civil Court (Commercial Section) and to make ancillary and consequential provisions thereto.The amendments were...
by admin | Jul 11, 2019 | Landlords, Property, Rights
Building regulations amended to avoid damages to third parties in MaltaFollowing the increasing number of construction accidents, the Government issued the Avoidance of Damage to Third Party Property Regulations on the 25th of June 2019, by means of Legal Notice 136....
by admin | Jul 10, 2019 | Intellectual Property
On the 14th May 2019, the Trade Secrets Act, 2018 (“the Act”) came into force. This Act transposes Directive (EU) 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure (“the...
by admin | Jul 4, 2019 | FIAU, MFSA
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) and the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) jointly issued, on the 18th June 2019, Guidelines for financial institutions opening bank accounts for FinTechs. Both Authorities, being aware of the risks connected to...
