As those involved in this industry are well aware, the subject of VAT in the world of yachting is undoubtedly a hot one, with temperatures reaching a peak during the summer months with the flurry of chartering activity in the Med.

The Covid-19 crisis is likely to cause local and foreign businesses to have to endure material financial turmoil due to reduced revenues resulting ...

Since time immemorial vessels have been in use and have been engaged in various trading activities across the world.

As our Health Authorities continue testing and tracing for COVID-19, many employers have had to face a new reality of having a number of employees in mandatory quarantine.

August marks the anniversary of two famous art thefts: that of the Mona Lisa by da Vinci from the Louvre and that of the portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Goya from the National Gallery in London.

Less than a year ago, the Oxford English Dictionary, named the word ‘selfie’ as the winning ‘Word of the Year 2013’.

On the 8th of April 2025 the Court of Appeal in its superior jurisdiction delivered a significant judgement overturning a decision of the Public Contracts...

To put things straight, this is no cookie baking lesson. No, this relates to all you website owners who generally leave the development of your site in the hands of them savvy techies; and to you techies who draft the code but leave the rest in the hands of the website owner.

The European Data Protection Board adopted guidelines on the processing of health data for research purposes in the context of the Covid-19 outbreak as well as Guidelines on geolocation and other tracing tools.

By virtue of Act No. VII of 2022 enacted on 8th February 2022 and through the introduction of article 56(26A) of the Income Tax Act (chapter 123 of the laws of Malta...

Professor Edward Scicluna, the Minister responsible for Finance, delivered the 2015 Budget Speech on the 17th November 2014 against a backdrop, once again, of positive economic growth.

Latest statistics for 2014 indicate that the Malta maritime flag has reached yet another milestone: the Malta Ships Register has become the sixth largest maritime flag in the world.

A series of emergency measures were announced by the European Commission ("EC") in coordination with the European Parliament, Council and the European Central Bank to cater for the Covid-19 pandemic,

Those involved in this sector know that the creditors must focus their efforts on getting paid from the purchase price deposited in court after a judicial sale.

By virtue of Legal Notice 402 of 2020, Maltese law now requires individuals to wear face coverings at all times, whether indoors or outdoors except when inside private homes and private vehicles.

Maltese law sets out various obligations on employers in the sphere of disability within employment. The employment of persons with disabilities is currently regulated by the

Emulating the success of its shipping register, which has grown into the eight largest world-wide and second largest in Europe, Malta is committed to establishing itself as a leading aircraft register.

On 20th March 2024, the Merchant Shipping Directorate within Transport Malta released Commercial Yachting Notice 12 to inform stakeholders in the yachting sector...

The stark reality of the COVID-19 pandemic on companies, like natural persons, is not a merry one.

Just a few weeks ago, on the 10th of July 2023, the European Commission adopted the long-awaited Implementing Decision pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the ‘GDPR')...