The Court of Criminal Appeal revoked a five-year effective sentence for sexual activity with a twelve-year-old and imposed probation, community service and treatment, because the first court gave too little weight to the offender's intellectual limits and rehabilitation.
The Court of Appeal sends an unfair dismissal case back to the Industrial Tribunal to quantify compensation, and holds that the four-month time limit runs from the day employment ends, not from the notice letter.
The Court of Appeal declares null an appeal filed thirty-one days after a Rent Regulation Board judgment: article 24(2) of Chapter 69 gives twenty days, the term is peremptory, and it cannot be extended even by agreement between the parties.
The Constitutional Court holds that a landlord who bought a shop under a protected lease keeps victim status from the date of purchase, and that finding a breach obliges the court to stop the tenant relying on Chapter 69, not only to award damages.
The Court of Appeal keeps exclusive custody with the mother because the parents cannot communicate, but replaces access confined to playgrounds with a stepped regime tied to the father's shift roster that ends in sleepovers.
The Family Section varied a notarial custody deal and gave a mother sole custody after finding the father had alienated their daughter from her for years. It cut his access to set hours. It matters to unmarried parents with agreed custody terms.
The Civil Court, First Hall (Constitutional Jurisdiction) awarded €47,900 against the State to the owners of two pre-1995 protected leases for 2009 to May 2021. It matters to landlords weighing a constitutional claim against a rent review under article 4A of Chapter 69.
The Court of Appeal held that a reserved portion paid in money is valued close to judgment, not at the parents' deaths, raising two siblings' awards from about €1,000 each to over €155,000 in a case filed in 1965. It matters to every claim for the leġittima.
The Civil Court, First Hall (Constitutional Jurisdiction) awarded €2,000 to the heir of a man whose prosecution ran from 2009 to 2021. The ruling matters to defence lawyers in cases with several co-accused and to heirs pursuing delay claims.
The Court of Appeal held on 3 June 2026 that an insurer and a car owner suing Infrastructure Malta over a pothole had to prove the road fell under the agency. It matters to anyone bringing a road damage claim against a public body.
The Family Section separated a couple for the husband's violence and cruelty, but stripped the wife of later acquests over unfounded abuse allegations made after they split. It also rebuilt the community from his income. It matters in contested separations with children.
The Court of Criminal Appeal acquitted a man of suppressing evidence of his own drug offence, held that aggravated possession needs no proof of intent to supply, and replaced his prison term with probation under article 22(9a).