State to appeal landmark ruling granting parole review to life prisoner
Government to challenge ruling that life-sentence prisoners must be given access to parole review, after court finds automatic exclusion amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment
Industrial Tribunal rules French Embassy unfairly dismissed accountant
Industrial Tribunal finds French Embassy in Malta unjustly dismissed finance and administration employee Stephan Maurice Georges Saurin, ordering €8,500 in compensation after...
Court of Appeal reaffirms MFSA liability in data leak case, orders regulator to shoulder costs

Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti rules regulator failed to disprove responsibility for premature disclosure of confidential data to the investigative website...

Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti rules regulator failed to...

Court orders Planning Authority to reconsider refusal of Sliema petrol station upgrade

Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti finds tribunal relied on untested assumptions, and sent case back for fresh assessment with costs against Planning Authority

Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti finds tribunal relied on...

Man caught driving at 110km/h has prison sentence overturned

Judge rules guilty plea was invalid because court failed to issue legal warning...

Judge rules guilty plea was invalid because court failed to...

Seven years imprisonment for man who committed indecent acts on girl playing at Fgura swings

The seven-year-old girl was playing hopscotch with her brother at a public garden in Fgura when the accused approached her

The seven-year-old girl was playing hopscotch with her...

Man acquitted of drink-driving charges after police testimony deemed inconsistent

Judge overturns conviction, citing lack of solid proof that accused was behind the wheel

Judge overturns conviction, citing lack of solid proof that...

Boy, 7, suffers slight injuries in Birkirkara traffic accident

Seven-year-old suffers slight injuries after being involved in a traffic...

Seven-year-old suffers slight injuries after being...

Union interference raises concerns over placement of minor in adult psychiatric ward in Malta

FSWS filed a court application to obtain authorisation to pursue legal channels against MUMN, after a minor was placed at the adult psychiatric ward at Mount...

FSWS filed a court application to obtain authorisation to...

Court nullifies woman’s prison term conviction, orders retrial over procedural irregularities

The woman will have her case heard again

The woman will have her case heard again

Man hospitalised after St Paul's Bay motorcycle accident

The accident occurred at 1:30pm on Triq Dawret San Pawl

The accident occurred at 1:30pm on Triq Dawret San Pawl

Jason Azzopardi claims OPM official asked him to withdraw magisterial inquiries or face consequences

Former Nationalist MP and lawyer Jason Azzopardi claims he was warned by an Office of the Prime Minister official to withdraw a number of applications for a...

Former Nationalist MP and lawyer Jason Azzopardi claims he...

Court overturns finding of bad faith by HSBC in cheque fraud case

Court of Appeal reverses previous judgment that found HSBC Malta acted in bad...

Court of Appeal reverses previous judgment that found HSBC...

Former couple drops charges against each other after altercation

Both were charged with slightly injuring each other following an argument

Both were charged with slightly injuring each other...

Four Swieqi residents claim armed police raided wrong apartment in violent blunder

The individuals were held at gunpoint, with the armed men pointing rifles directly to their faces

The individuals were held at gunpoint, with the armed men...

Court orders penalties case over Paceville lease dispute to proceed after confirming contract termination

The Court of Appeal rules that a claim for daily penalties against the operators of a former Paceville venue may now be heard on its merits, after upholding an...

The Court of Appeal rules that a claim for daily penalties...

Court finds employer partly liable in crane accident that killed worker

Appeals court rules that Medserv Operations Limited shares responsibility for 2016 crane accident that killed Hubert Muscat

Appeals court rules that Medserv Operations Limited shares...

School bus driver released on bail after threatening LESA Officer

Man pleads not guilty to vilifying, insulting and threatening a LESA officer...

Man pleads not guilty to vilifying, insulting and...

Court overturns tender award for Marsa Cultural Hub works and orders re-evaluation

Appeals court annuls tender award after evaluators wrongly disqualified the lowest-priced bidder

Appeals court annuls tender award after evaluators wrongly...

Court of Appeal replaces prison term with suspended sentence in cannabis trafficking case

Criminal Court of Appeal upholds conviction for trafficking and aggravated possession of cannabis but overturns accused’s seven-month jail term, noting...

Criminal Court of Appeal upholds conviction for trafficking...