The Court of Magistrates (Gozo) ordered a birth act annotated so that the double-barrelled surname the applicant has long used replaces the registered one; the change reaches only the acts in the Director's power, not the passport or identity card.
The First Hall, constitutional jurisdiction, finds no breach where an accused admitted charges on an informal understanding with the prosecuting inspector and was imprisoned after the Attorney General's appeal: the only plea bargain the law recognises is the formal one under article 392A(5).
The Court of Magistrates gave a suspended sentence with supervision, treatment and restraining orders to a woman who admitted domestic violence against two relatives, holding that the parties' proposal did not bind it. Relevant to lawyers in summary domestic violence cases.
The Industrial Tribunal found on 28 July 2026 that Bequant Pro Limited unfairly dismissed a team lead whose work passed to a contractor, and awarded €12,000. It matters to any employer relying on redundancy.
The First Hall ordered the Public Registry to correct a family's birth and marriage acts so that Malta shows the surname they hold in Sweden, to avoid a double identity; the Director, who had copied the foreign acts verbatim, was not at fault.
The First Hall of the Civil Court held on 30 July 2026 that a company whose €100,000 deposit was garnished showed no just cause to make the creditor give security under article 838A. It matters to anyone opposing a precautionary warrant.
A factory builder evicted after the emphyteusis over Government industrial land was dissolved asked the Board to bind Indis Malta Ltd to his lease from the former emphyteuta under article 1530. With no lease between the parties, the Board declines jurisdiction and refers the case to the Gozo court.
The Court of Criminal Appeal found a former local council official guilty of corruption and money laundering after he made a contractor pay 10% before releasing money due. Relevant to lawyers in public corruption and laundering cases.
The First Hall refuses to revoke a decree ordering the judicial sale of a flat bought at an earlier auction, holding that the creditor met every term in article 356 of Chapter 12 counted from filing, but suspends the sale while the possessor's action to annul the debt deed is pending.
The Court of Appeal recalculated a matrimonial home at €397,070 using the Central Bank's property price index, and held that a €73,004 equalisation owed by the husband must be deducted from his share, not from the whole value before division.
The Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed a public officer's appeal against a 39-month prison term for misappropriation, fraud and forgery. Relevant to anyone defending a client who repaid the money only after proceedings began.
The Constitutional Court finds that Chapter 199, as it stood before Act XXII of 2022, denied field owners a fair balance and an effective access to court, awards €7,319.50 against the State Advocate, but refuses to declare the tenant's relocation right unusable or to evict him.