Malcolm
Mifsud

Malcolm Mifsud is a partner at Mifsud & Associates.

Failure to notify parties in accordance with the law infringes the fundamental right to a fair hearing
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The fundamental right to a fair hearing is infringed when parties are not...
A new lease agreement is deemed to be renunciation of the old lease agreement
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When a landlord does not accept the termination of a lease agreement, but rents...
A new lease agreement is deemed to be renunciation of the old lease agreement
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When a landlord does not accept the termination of a lease agreement, but rents...
An immigrant is not considered to be staying in Malta illegally when he is not officially notified of his termination of employment
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An immigrant shall not be deemed to be overstaying from a date of termination...
Good faith is an essential component of contracts
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A contractual obligation is created through an agreement that is reached...
Adultery should be automatically mean the responsibility of the breakdown of marriage
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Spouses are bound at law to be faithful to each other, however, if one of the...
Court orders that a statement cannot be made use of by the prosecution once a lawyer was not present for the interrogation
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Although the law allowing a lawyer to be present at an interrogation was not in...
Care and custody of a child is based on the principle of what is in the best interest and advantage of that child
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Care and custody is not based solely on who is the better parent, but the court...
Criminal liability can only be imposed if the formal and material conditions exist concurrently
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The prosecution must prove that both the material element and the formal...
Contractor must pay for work carried out
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The general principle of contract of works is that if the works are carried...
For a tender to be cancelled serious irregularities must be proven
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The fact that the contracting authority did not follow anti-competition...
Individuals cannot force government to issue property on tender
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Although individuals may have property adjacent to government land, they do not...
Individuals cannot for the government to issue property on tender
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Although individuals may have property adjacent to government land, they do not...
Interim measures in human rights cases should be applied in exceptional cases
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An interim measure should be allowed in very exceptional circumstances, such...
Court will only investigate a request for a counter-warrant on a prima facie basis
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The Court cannot enter deeply into the merits of the case, in order to decide...
A suspicion is not evidence
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Circumstantial evidence is like a chain of evidence that must lead to the guilt...
Aggrieved bidder should not be penalised by mistake of contracting authority
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Whenever a bidder in a public call for tenders feels that a decision taken by a...
Tacit resolutive condition may dissolve agreement only in grave circumstances
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The Court will dissolve an agreement containing a tacit resolutive condition...
Court must be morally convinced charges admitted to actually exist
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The Court when faced with a guilty plea must be still convinced that the charge...
Unfair dismissal must be decided on basis of legal requisites, not arbitrary criteria
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When determining whether the dismissal from employment is a fair one or...