The First Hall of the Civil Court held that a fine by the Malta Financial Services Authority, reviewable only by a minister-appointed tribunal and then on law, is likely to breach the right to a fair hearing. It stayed the appeal until the law is amended.
The Court of Criminal Appeal refused to reopen a magistrate's finding that a girl's account of sexual offences was credible, and kept an eight-year prison term. It matters to anyone appealing a conviction that turns on one witness.
The Court of Appeal sent a €33,782.96 unfair dismissal award back to the Industrial Tribunal to give its reasons. It matters to anyone arguing compensation under article 81(2) of Chapter 452.
The Court of Appeal sent an inheritance dispute back to the First Hall to decide whether the estate can be divided in kind, and restored 8% interest on a reserved portion claimed before the 2012 amendment.
The Court of Appeal held that maintenance during a separation case is set by need, not income, and that an interim order cannot make one spouse pay a joint bank debt. It ordered the husband to file his foreign bank statements.
The First Hall of the Civil Court held on 22 April 2026 that a wait of more than 20 years for trial, during which the main prosecution witness died before cross-examination, breached the right to a fair hearing. It awarded €6,000.
The Court of Criminal Appeal held that a request for money made to influence a tender completes the offence of trading in influence, and that the punishment follows the date the offence was committed, not the charge period. It matters in public procurement and corruption cases.
After a church tribunal annulled the marriage, the Family Section still weighed fault to split the costs, and divided the couple's property by what each had paid. It matters to anyone whose separation case outlives an annulment.
The Court of Appeal held that a buyer of the remaining years of a post-1979 temporary emphyteusis, living in the house, could stay on under a protected lease. It matters to owners of houses once granted on temporary ċens.
The First Hall of the Civil Court held that a buyer's claim to undo a sale over a partial eviction was time-barred, because it waited more than a year after learning part of the land was a planned road. It matters to buyers of land hit by planning enforcement.
The First Hall of the Civil Court held that a creditor using article 1143 can revive a debtor's idle damages claim, but the money goes to the debtor for the benefit of all her creditors. It matters to creditors pursuing debtors with unclaimed rights.
The Constitutional Court held on 13 April 2026 that no appeal lay from a finding that a rights claim against a removal order was frivolous and vexatious, and found the claim baseless in any case. It matters to lawyers in immigration and human rights cases.