Author, publisher deny plagiarising book on titular statues

Joseph Mary Grech had filed proceedings against Josef Grech and Dom Communications last week, claiming that Josef Grech had exploited the similarity in their names and published a book with an identical title to his original 1998 work

18 May 2015, 1:01pm
by Matthew Agius

1 min read

Author Josef Grech and the director of Dom Communications Ltd have denied accusations of having plagiarised a book on Maltese and Gozitan titular statutes.

Joseph Mary Grech had filed proceedings against Josef Grech and Dom Communications last week, claiming that Josef Grech had exploited the similarity in their names and published a book with an identical title to his original 1998 work, “Vari Ta Malta u Ghawdex”.

The original official letter claim, filed by lawyer Emmy Bezzina on behalf of Joseph Mary Grech, had also alleged that Josef Grech’s book contained 80 photos directly scanned from his original work, as well as the same content.

However, in his reply, filed in court today, Josef Grech and Doreen Spiteri said they had no connection with Joseph Mary Grech or his book.

The reply requested Joseph Mary Grech to desist from continuing with his claims or face legal action.

Matthew Agius is Senior Reporter on Law and Court Affairs at MaltaToday. He is also a Leg...