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Employee compensated after injury at the workplace
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...
Band Club Leases
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...
Court of Appeal overturns Court of Magistrates libel judgment in a victorious ruling for freedom of the press
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...
Maltese Court evicts tenants after finding rent laws violate human rights of property owner
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...
The Rights of Air Passengers under the EU Regulation
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...
IURIS was at the Malta Innovation Summit
We are very pleased to have had Diana Spiteri, Head IURIS Business Solutions talk about #Social Innovation and the importance of #Social Impact and the sense of #Purpose in business today. Let's make the world a better place by doing things...
Branding and Trademark Protection
The importance of brands for businesses can never be overstated enough in view of the fact that brands represent the overall impact of a business on consumers. The concept of corporate identity and corporate image is becoming ever more significant also...
Article on ‘counterfeit hotspots in malta that brand owners should have on their enforcement radar’
Sarah Galea of IURIS Advocates has contributed to an article published on the World Trademark Review on counterfeiting in Malta. The article notes that, due to its location between Europe and North Africa, Malta is an important Mediterranean port for...
Data Protection: EU Citizens’ Right to be Forgotten Limited to EU Territory
On the 24th September 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in Case No C-507/17 in the names ‘Google LLC v Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertes (CNIL)’ that the ‘right to be forgotten’ principle is limited to the...
Rentals violating the right to property
European Court of Human Rights lambasts the Maltese Constitutional Courts for failing give an effective remedyThe prevailing recent judgments delivered by the Maltese Superior Courts act as a testament to the fact that the Courts of Malta have began to...
Planning authority extends regularisation scheme
Maltese property owners allowed further time to sanction their properties It is no secret that many properties and other developments around the Maltese islands fail to comply fully with planning laws, regulations and policies. Some years back a scheme...
Anti-Money Laundering – Companies Act Regulations Updated
Amendments to the Companies Act (Register of Beneficial Owners) RegulationsWith the coming into force of Legal Notice No. 158 of 2019 as of the 12th July 2019, the Companies Act (Register of Beneficial Owner) Regulations (S.L 386.19)(“the Regulations”) has...
Customer Experience Analysis – Mystery Shopper
Concerned about meeting the needs of companies, IURIS Business Solutions provides them with various tools including customer experience analysis better known as mystery shopping.What is mystery shopping and how does it work?Mystery Shopping is a technique...
Malta property rent laws – short-term residential leases being reviewed
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....
Consumer affairs and competition laws receive much awaited overhaul
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...
Avoidance of damage to third party property regulations in Malta
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...
Malta Implements the Trade Secrets Directive
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...
MFSA and FIAU issue joint Guidance Note for Institutions opening accounts for FinTechs
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...