On the 7 July 2026, the First Hall Civil Court (the Court) presided over by Mr Justice Henri Mizzi delivered judgment in the names Joseph Caruana, Carmel Sciortino and Alexander Sciortino (the “Plaintiffs“) vs Kazin San Guzepp & Banda De Rohan A.D 1860 (the Respondent Club). Through its judgment the Court confirmed the Plaintiff’s version of events and ordered the Respondent Club to pay the global sum of €22,865 after causing considerable damage to the Plaintiff’s land in Zebbug, Malta.
Background
The Plaintiffs cultivate and work agricultural land situated in the area known as Wicc ir-Rahal, within the limits of Zebbug. They say that during the Feast of St Joseph in both 2021 and 2022, fireworks fired by the band club, or people working for it, set their fields alight, damaging trees, vines and crops, and they went to court seeking compensation. The Club fought the case on almost every front. As a first line of defence, it argued it couldn’t be sued in its own name, that the 2021
