National and European Union legislators recognize that the civil aviation sector has different exigencies to most other sectors.

On the 20th March, the Maltese Government announced a tax deferral scheme to assist local businesses to improve their business liquidity and ease pressures on their cash flow arising from ...

Giada Mifsud Calabro has been awarded damages amounting to €10,846 by the Industrial Tribunal after the Tribunal decided in favour of the employee in a case against Union Print Company Limited.

The Industrial Tribunal's latest decision addresses the unfair dismissal of the Chief Operations Officer at the Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA'). The case centres on the MFSA's...

The applicable interest rates on overdue payments in business transactions due in terms of the late payments directive (Directive 2011/17 on combating late payments), has been raised...

The Brexit transition period is ending on the 31st of December 2020, as established in the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement (the ‘Agreement'), which came into force on the 1st of February 2020.

The Malta Permanent Residence Programme (hereinafter ‘MPRP') was launched on the 29th March 2021 by virtue of Legal Notice 121 of 2021. The MPRP is a residency-by-investment programme ...

The copyright to the song ‘Happy Birthday to You' had been claimed by the company Warner/Chappell Music Inc in the 1980's.

The first phase of the Malta Gaming Authority's (MGA) sandbox environment was launched on 1 January 2019, for the purpose of accepting virtual financial assets (‘VFA') and virtual tokens as valid consideration for the participation in licensed games.

The Maltese Civil Court has issued a significant ruling rejecting the enforcement of Austrian court judgments seeking reimbursement of gambling losses from Malta-licensed operators.

As a first step towards the much anticipated legal reform governing Malta's gaming industry, the Parliamentary Secretary for Financial Services, Digital Economy & Innovation, Hon. Silvio Schembri...

The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (‘FIAU'), in conjunction with the Malta Gaming Authority (‘MGA'), has published a revised version of the Implementing Procedures Part II...

On the 5th of October 2018, in the case of Doreen Camilleri vs Commissioner for Information and Data Protection, the Court of Appeal reversed a decision previously taken by the Appeals Tribunal for Information and Data Protection and held that an employee's email address constituted personal data.

It has recently been stated that there are around 40,000 vacant properties in Malta, it is safe to say that many of these vacant properties are subject to vandalism.

The implementation of transfer pricing in Malta will be effective as from the 1st January 2024. The transfer pricing rules will apply to any related party arrangement entered on or after this date.

The Malta Aviation Registry has continued to achieve steady growth over the year of 2015.

In recent months, the Tonnage Regulations (Subsidiary Legislation 234.19) underwent minor developments through the Tonnage (Amendment) Regulations (Legal Notice 165 of 2021)...

On the 22nd of October 2015, the British Court of Appeal through PST Energy & shipping LLC v. OW Bunker Malta Ltd delivered a landmark judgement concerning contract of supplies...

The Parliamentary Secretary for Competitiveness and Economic Growth has recently held that it is pertinent to continue improving Malta's National Integrated Maritime Policy...

With 850 vessels bigger than 24m, the Malta Shipping Register is now the largest superyacht register worldwide. These superyachts employ various specialised sectors on top of the regular seafaring operators.