The First Hall of the Civil Court ordered an employee to repay €33,333.28 in double-paid allowances. It held that it could decide his contractual counterclaim for allowances and bonuses, but not any complaint of discrimination, which belongs to the Industrial Tribunal.
The Civil Court (Family Section) granted a divorce blaming a husband who deserted his wife and daughter after domestic violence, and applied articles 48 to 53 of the Civil Code against him. It matters to anyone suing a spouse who has left Malta.
The First Hall of the Civil Court held that a son who possessed a house his parents built, as its owner, for over 30 years had acquired it by prescription, and divided the rest of the estate. It matters to heirs splitting an inheritance.
The First Hall, in its constitutional jurisdiction, gave the State leave to appeal an interim release from detention because the order might not follow a Constitutional Court ruling. It matters to anyone seeking interim relief in a human rights case.