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As the last few months have shown, the bunkering industry is volatile and risky.

The Closure of Courts of Justice (Amendment) Order, LN 97 of 2020, has limited the definition of 'Court' as previously considered in LN 65 of 2020 (also amended by LN 84 of 2020)...

The Court of Appeal embraced the arguments put forward that privacy rights should only limit journalistic freedoms where this is truly necessary to protect the same rights of the individuals concerned.

The Court noted that this was a case of a summary dismissal and that such dismissal is not the norm and should only be used where there is grave misconduct.

The delays at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) have become so bad, that the court itself is being sued.

On 12 July 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted a decision to accede to the Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters.

If this opinion is accepted by the ECJ, such a clarified position will be welcome under EU law.

The recent reported cases of novel coronavirus in Malta have called authorities into action to tackle this unprecedented situation.

In a judgement that was decided on 30th March 2023, the Maltese Constitutional Court declared that administrative fines issued by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit ("FIAU")...

This decision of the Scottish Court, in turn, necessitated the conversion of the Maltese proceedings into secondary proceedings within the framework of the Regulation.

A recent decision by the First Hall, Civil Court, presided over by Madame Justice Anna Felice and delivered on the 18th February 2015...

In the second episode of WH Talks, and the first in our Disputes Insights Series, we examine the surge of player claims from Austria to Malta over the past two years and why they are now in decline. Davinia Cutajar, Partner at WH Partners, sits down with Nicole Daniel, Partner at DLA Piper Austria, to discuss why hundreds of Austrian players attempted to enforce judgments against Maltese-licensed operators, and the implications for operators handling international player claims

Ganado Advocates has contributed to a Lex Mundi global report pertaining to the Gathering of Evidence in Aid of Foreign Litigation.

COVID-19/Litigation/News L.N. 61 of 2020 Some days back we had reported (LINK) that by way of precautionary measure to mitigate against the spread of COVID-19, the Superintendent of Public Health had ordered the early recess of the Maltese Courts,

GANADO Advocates has contributed a country report on 2019's third issue of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review.

On the 8 October 2018, the Constitutional Court handed down its decision in Thake et vs Electoral Commission et. The main issue in this case was whether the procedure laid down in the Financing of Political Parties Act ...

In a recent judgment in the case Middlesea Insurance plc illum Mapfre Middlesea p.l.c. vs Spot On Gypsum Limited, the Court of Appeal overturned the conclusion of the First Hall...