Maltese law creates a complex framework for determining intellectual property ownership when employees develop creative works outside standard working hours. The analysis extends beyond simple distinctions between work time and personal time, examining contractual duties, resource usage, and the relationship between creations and employer business activities. Even when employees successfully establish independent ownership, significant legal constraints may still apply where confidential information or trad

An interesting hallmark of the Maltese trust system is the flexibility afforded to trustees and other interested parties in handling situations which are best not left entirely to the discretion of the trustee.

On the 1st of December 2021, the Court of Appeal (the "COA") delivered a judgment confirming a decision of First Hall Civil Court ("CC") given on the 30th of September 2016...

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled on how national courts should assess applications for European Account Preservation Orders when creditors seek to recover gambling debts from Malta-based operators.

This article forms part of a two-part series examining recent developments in family-related leave entitlements under Maltese law. By virtue of Legal Notice 274 of 2025...

The legal profession stands at a crossroads between tradition and technology.

Joseph Fenech, Shipping Executive within Fenech Farrugia Fiott Legal was recently interview by Skipper Magazine, an internationally renowned boats and yachting publication, in their 2021 Summer Edition.

A 23 April 2026 opinion by the Court of Justice of the European Union’s Advocate General Emiliou in Case C‑683/24 Spielerschutz Sigma is the latest pronouncement from the CJEU in the lengthy EU law...

Prescription is a mode of acquiring a right by a continuous, uninterrupted, peaceable, open, and unequivocal possession for a time specified by law.

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