by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Landlords, Lease, Property, Rent, Rights
Band club lease laws again found in breach of landlords’ fundamental rights to fair hearing and enjoyment of property In a recent decision delivered by the Constitutional Court concerning the lease of De Paule Band Club in Paola, Parliament was taken to task for...
by admin | Dec 7, 2021 | Landlords, Law, Property, Rent
Controlled Residential Leases Reform Act, 2021 (Act XXIV of 2021) has resulted in a great influx of cases being presented before the Rent Regulation Board seeking an increase in rent. The aim of this newly introduced rent law is another attempt to provide a solution...
by admin | Apr 28, 2021 | Landlords, Property
Expropriation – Public purpose and public use Cases upholding a property right violation are certainly not novel in Malta. For many years, a great deal of applicants have instituted human rights proceedings before the First Hall and the Constitutional Court,...
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...
by admin | Jan 25, 2021 | Human Rights, Landlords, Lease, Property, Rent
Companies entitled to right to property A recent judgment delivered by the First Hall of the Civil Court has confirmed that the right to property is vested not only in a natural person but also in legal persons.. In B&S Agencies Limited v Melita Mamo et, the...
by admin | Oct 29, 2020 | Landlords, Property, Rent
It has been almost one year since the coming into force of The Private Residential Leases Act (Chapter 604, Laws of Malta) aimed to regulate the residential letting sector, and placing such contracts under the watch of the Housing Authority. The law got off to a shaky...
