Any  person  who  is  diagnosed  as  suffering  from  COVID-19 infectious disease shall, immediately upon receiving an oral or written order, as the case may be, from the Superintendent of Public Health, submit himself to self-isolation and shall remain in self-isolation until the Superintendent of Public Health revokes the oral or written order. This order shall...

This order shall come into force on the 23rd March, 2020. The Superintendent of Public Health hereby orders the CLOSURE of all shops whereby their principal business relates to:selling of clothing sportswearjewelleryhand bags and leather goodscostume jewellery and accessoriesfootwearnon-prescription eye-wearperfumeriesbeauty productshaberdasheriessoft furnishingssouvenir shopsdiscount storesluggage shopstoy shopshobby shopsfurniture shopsfloristsvaping shops whether operating in shopping malls and/or...

The Commissioner for Revenue has introduced a Tax Deferral Scheme intended to improve the liquidity ratios of self-employed persons and companies that have suffered a significant downturn in their turnover as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Scheme is applicable to businesses and self-employed that are obliged to pay the following taxes that fall...

The defence counsel on behalf of Angelo Zahra had requested a Constitutional Reference before the Court of Magistrates as a Court of Criminal Inquiry, claiming that the applicant’s right to a fair trial within a reasonable time is being breached. 18 years after arresting Zahra back in 2001, the Prosecution has not yet brought forward...

The First Hall Civil Court (Constitutional Jurisdiction) ordered the Attorney General to pay Oliver Grima the sum of €3,000 in moral damages, after deciding that the proceedings before the Court of Magistrates Court of Appeal took an unreasonable amount of time to be concluded. The criminal proceedings against the applicant were instituted by the Police...

On January 1, 2020, the Private Residential Leases Act [Chapter 604 of the Laws of Malta] came into force. The Act APPLIES to private residential leases that are entered into or renewed on or after the above-mentioned date. Leases that were granted after June 1, 1995 and that are still in force after January 1,...

In a judgement delivered on the 25th September 2019, the Court of Criminal Appeal helped us understand further what is tantamount to harassment. The parte civile in these proceedings carried out their business activities in close proximity to the residence of the accused. The business activities referred to a warehouse used by an import/export company...

Double taxation may occur in the form of economic double taxation when tax is charged on the same income but on different taxpayers. Economic double taxation is not restricted to double taxation on an international level but may occur in the same jurisdiction. On the other hand, double taxation on the same income in two...

The law recognises two types of persons – natural and legal. The former are of course human beings to whom criminal law attributes criminal responsibility for actions that violate norms, the breach of which would result in criminal sanctions. Legal persons, on the other hand, are all those to whom the law attributes a separate...

Government shall be implementing legislation that will provide a Rental Market Reform addressing accessibility to the rental market. The law seeks to ensure stability and predictability through various incentives, which include establishing a minimum rent period, formal registration of Rent Agreements and fiscal advantages for the landlord. The following are a few of the reforms...