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In the Case of Aquilina v Malta (Application no. 40246/18) decided on 9 June 2020 and the Case of Montanaro and Others v. Malta (Application no. 29964/18) decided on 1 September 2020

Just in time for the 2025 end-of-exams season, Ganado In Session launches its first-ever revision podcast – tailored specifically for first-year law students tackling PBL 1015 – Constitutional Law.

The Court of Magistrates has recently banned a man from using and accessing social media for a period of four years.

A landmark judgement was delivered last month by the European Court of Human Rights, a judgement which is bound to change the interpretation of our municipal rent laws.

Malta's proposed Bill No. 166 seeks to transform workplace protections by implementing the ILO's Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019. The legislation expands coverage beyond traditional employees to include jobseekers, volunteers, and interns, while redefining work environments to encompass digital spaces, commutes, and work-related social activities. Will these sweeping reforms set a new standard for workplace dignity and safety in Malta?

The Council of Europe has on the 17th of May 2024, finalised a first of its kind, legally binding draft international treaty on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law (the "Convention").

Expropriation is described as the forced taking of privately owned property by the Government or one of its entities, in return for compensation.

The Rent Regulation Board (the "Board"), presided over by Magistrate Dr Simone Grech, on 30 July 2021, in the case Ann sive Felicity Wismayer vs. Patricia Engerer dealt with an eviction request made by the plaintiff .

Constitutional Court, Gerald Camilleri et vs Advocate General et, 6th October 2020...

Fundamental human rights are rights which are inherent to all persons regardless of status, and in Malta these are enforceable through the Constitution of Malta (the "Constitution")...

Many will have heard of the relatively recent adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D) by the European Parliament back in April 2024. Indeed, after much political haggling...

The Housing (Decontrol) Ordinance of 1959 has been the subject of debate for its infamous legal provisions for the past years, so much so that its provisions...

In its judgement, decided on the 30 July 2021, in the names of J&C Properties Limited, bearing Maltese company registration number C 29114 vs. Nazzareno Pulis and Antonia Pulis, ...

On the 12th January 2016, in Bărbulescu vs Romania (application number 61496/08) the European Court of Human Rights held that there had been no violation of Article 8...

On 10 March 2021, the European Parliament voted in favour of a resolution to recommend the drawing up of a directive on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability (the Proposed Directive).

Amendments to Chapter 158 were introduced by Act No. XXVII of 2018. The amendments affect the leases created by virtue of a previous title of emphyteusis or sub-emphyteusis ...

By way of general background, the right to a fair hearing is entrenched in the Laws of Malta by means of the Constitution and the European Convention Act (Chapter 319) which transposes the European Convention on Human Rights.

Malta by virtue of it being part of the United Nations and its constitution, provides protection against discrimination.