by admin | Mar 6, 2023 | Company Law
Mobility Directive Objectives Freedom of establishment is one of the fundamental principles of Union law. Under Article 49 and 54 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the freedom of establishment for companies or firms includes the right to...
by admin | Feb 9, 2023 | Company Law, Insolvency, Liquidation, MBR
The first of the three bills presented to and now approved by Parliament forming part of the proposed reform of the insolvency framework is the Pre-Insolvency Act. Pre-Insolvency concept is not alien to the Maltese legal framework currently referred as the Corporate...
by admin | Feb 7, 2023 | Company Law, Insolvency, Liquidation, MBR
After decades of discussion, criticism and ineffective legal procedures rendering the field of insolvency a nightmare for insolvency practitioners, legislators have finally moved forward with proposed reforms to this field. Reforms which should bring local...
by admin | Feb 8, 2021 | Company Law, Consumer Rights, Data Protection
Anti-Competitive measures and consumer rights questioned Messaging platform WhatsApp recently made headlines after it announced changes to its privacy policy. As of March of 2020, WhatsApp boasted circa two billion active users, arguably in part due to its end-to-end...
by admin | Jul 3, 2020 | Beneficial Owners, Company Law, Directors
The Companies Act (Register of Beneficial Owners)(Amendment) Regulations came into force on the 16th June 2020 by means of Legal Notice 247 of 2020 which has introduced a number of changes to further implement the Companies Act (Register of Beneficial Owners)...
by admin | May 30, 2019 | Company Law
Shareholders’ recourse against company director restricted – remedy available only while company is still in operationThe court restricted a director’s liability in a recent judgement in which plaintiffs invoked unfair prejudice in terms of Article 402 (1) and 402 (3)...
