The operations of the Reletting of Urban Property Ordinance, Chapter 69 of the Laws of Malta and Act X of 2009 violated the fundamental rights…
Ian BarbaraNovember 8, 2022
If the purchaser pays earnest (kapparra) the parties may not contract the sale, however, the payment will have to be refunded or else the vendor…
Malcolm MifsudApril 24, 2022
The authorities may take measures in private property in order to safeguard public health and within the pubic interest. This was held in a judgement…
Malcolm MifsudApril 3, 2022
A landlord may not claim the rent for the full di fermo period if the same landlord had rented the property to a third party…
Malcolm MifsudFebruary 7, 2022
There have been countless court cases both in the constitutional courts of Malta as well as in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg…
Mifsud & Mifsud AdvocatesFebruary 4, 2022
The law provides the right for owners to visit the rent property after reaching an agreement with the tenants. This was held in judgement delivered…
Malcolm MifsudJanuary 30, 2022
Recent amendments to the Civil Code confirm that the Civil Courts have jurisdiction to decide on whether a lease agreement is valid or not. This…
Malcolm MifsudJanuary 16, 2022
The fact that the lessor accepted the rent for several years, even though there was a breach of the lease conditions on the part of…
Malcolm MifsudOctober 3, 2021
Not every non observance of the procedure outlined by law, would result in the revocation of an expropriation. This was held in Ivory Venue Limited…
Malcolm MifsudSeptember 26, 2021
