by admin | Mar 10, 2023 | Environment, Human Rights, Landlords, Lease, Property, Rent
Parliament has recently passed Act No. XXII of 2022, amending the Agricultural Leases (Reletting) Act (Chapter 199 of the Laws of Malta). This amendment follows a white paper released by the Government last year with the declared intention of striking a balance...
by admin | Feb 23, 2023 | Human Rights, Lease, Property, Rent
A recent judgment delivered by the First Hall of the Civil Court has declared Act XXIV of 2021 – which introduced the possibility for landlords of pre-1995 leases to request an increase of rent by up to 2% of the value of the property – to be compatible with...
by admin | Feb 17, 2023 | Human Rights, Law
After 38 years, in August 2020, Lino Cauchi’s heirs, his widow and son, assisted by, assisted by Iuris Advocates, filed constitutional proceedings against the State requesting that the Court declares the disappearance of Lino Cauchi a result and consequence of the...
by admin | Jan 13, 2022 | GDPR, Human Rights
Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24th October 1995, also referred to as the Data Protection Directive (DPD), was the first of its kind to regulate personal data and the free movement of such data within the European Union. The main...
by admin | Dec 7, 2021 | Human Rights, Property, Rent
More constitutional judgements finding rent laws in breach of landlord’s right to property A recent judgement delivered by the Civil Court in its constitutional jurisdiction has declared once again the Maltese rent laws as anti-constitutional. In particular articles...
by admin | Jan 26, 2021 | Human Rights, Landlords, Lease, Property
The Right to Enjoyment of Property In the last few years, the Maltese Courts of Law have been inundated with actions for damages by property owners who claim that their fundamental human right to enjoyment of property is being breached by old Maltese rent laws. Their...
