On the 14th of October, 2019, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna delivered the Malta Budget 2020 speech. The highlights of the speech were: A. Leave and Wages COLA increase of €3.49 per weekSpecial one-off bonus to make up for milk and bread price increases. Single person households will get €15 and other households will get €35....

A person who claims to be the victim of a crime has a right to appoint a lawyer to assist him or her in the criminal proceedings instituted in respect of that crime. This right was introduced by Act III of 2002 and the latitude given to a lawyer so appointed is very wide. In...

Automatism Excludes Criminal Responsibility In a judgement delivered recently, the Criminal Courts concluded that automatism excludes criminal responsibility. The facts of the case relate to a fatal traffic accident when the accused, whilst driving his vehicle, suffered from an epileptic fit. As a result of this, he blanked out for a few seconds and first […]