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...
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 | Nov 11, 2020 | Employee Rights, Human Rights
Bill 96 and Bill 97 read for the first time at the Parliamentary sitting of 17 July 2019 provide for the prohibition of discrimination in various spheres of life and for the establishment of the Human Rights and Equality Commission respectively. These two Bills have...
by admin | Mar 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, Covid-19, Human Rights
The Covid-19 coronavirus has caused an upheaval not only in the way we live, but more worryingly, in the way we work. The speed with which it has spread in Europe, and across the globe, has caught many by surprise. Little could be done to avoid the impact it has had,...