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...
by admin | Apr 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, Covid-19, Landlords, Property, Rent
Coronavirus causes confusion in rental market With the economic turmoil being caused by COVID-19, leases in Europe, Malta included, are currently in a state of disarray. Many businesses have been forced to shut down, employees have been laid off or have had to suffer...
by admin | Feb 24, 2020 | Human Rights, Landlords, Lease, Property, Rent
The Maltese Constitutional Court in its decision of the 19th of February 2020 has consolidated the reasoning recently embraced by the Maltese Superior Courts in the context of affording an effective remedy to tenants, who have long time been discriminated against in...
