The Court of Appeal held that a garage and pool built in a 15-foot side curtilage breach a 1966 ċens clause, and that the villa's owner could not escape the clause by prescription. It matters to buyers of property held on ċens.
The First Hall of the Civil Court (Constitutional Jurisdiction) rejected an accused person's claim that a freezing order over all her assets breached her rights. It matters to anyone challenging a freezing order made under the rules in force before 2024.
The Environment and Planning Review Tribunal held that the Planning Authority must weigh nearby permits when refusing extra height beside a conservation area, and ordered plans allowing one more floor but not two. It matters to architects arguing commitments.
The Court of Appeal confirmed that a rent increase under Chapter 69 covers only the shares of those entitled to the rent who applied, leaving out bare owners' shares and a tenant's own share. It matters to co-owners seeking a rent review.
The Court of Appeal set aside a preliminary judgment on prescription in a loan claim, holding that a court must first decide whether any creditor-debtor tie exists when every defendant denies one. It matters to litigants who plead prescription alongside a denial of the debt.
The First Hall of the Civil Court held that the customs seizure of a fishing vessel carrying duty-unpaid gasoil breached no right of its owners, though they were never charged. It matters to owners of vessels and vehicles that others operate.
The Court of Criminal Appeal held that a waiver recorded before two witnesses is needed only when a suspect refuses all legal help, but acquitted an employer of trafficking a domestic worker because the means of the offence were not proved.
The Civil Court (Family Section) held on 25 February 2026 that a husband who stopped paying the home loan after leaving must make good his half when the community of acquests is divided. It also separated the couple for his cruelty and grave insults.
The Court of Appeal confirmed the removal of windows and balconies built on new upper floors over a ground-floor owner's yards, and of pipes tied into shared drains. It matters to developers of airspace and to owners of the units below.
The Court of Appeal set at €1,443,649.84 the damages HSBC Bank Malta p.l.c. owes Tyre Services Limited for keeping a showroom it had released. An injunction granted on a prima facie view did not shield the bank. It matters to anyone who holds on to disputed property.
The Court of Criminal Appeal struck out business, funding and public-office bans imposed for fraud and money laundering committed in 2019, because the law creating them came into force in 2021. It also read a defective Maltese text of the Criminal Code with the English one.
The Court of Appeal held on 17 February 2026 that a wife's intimate chats with third parties while the spouses still lived together were at least a grave injury, and split fault for the breakdown equally. It also restated the maintenance condition for divorce.