Topic: Litigation
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Muscat Mizzi Advocates joins the 'Public Interest Litigation Network'
The practice of law is a privilege that carries with it the responsibility to serve our community whenever it is possible for us to do so.
It is our duty to defend those rights that we tend to take for granted: the right to free speech, work, privacy, family and...
Debt Collection: Enforcing an EU Judgment in Malta
Persons seeking to retrieve a sum of money that is owed to them may run into difficulties collecting the debt if it transpires that their debtor’s assets are held in a country other than the one where a court has passed judgement in their favour. It takes time and money...
Buying real estate off-plan? Be aware of the risks.
Real estate is the world’s most important and largest asset class, and is purchased both as a utility as well as an investment.
It is largely perceived to be a safe investment, ostensibly due to its tangibility but also historically, at least here in Malta, the downside risk appears to...
Navigating Charterer Responsibility: Court Awards Damages after Charterer Breaches Obligations to Safeguard the Vessel and Protect it from War Risks
On the fifteenth (15th) of November 2024, the First Hall Civil Court presided over by Judge Ian Spiteri Bailey, delivered its judgement in the case Dr. Joseph Mizzi noe vs. M.V. Sea Patron. This decision, emerging from facts which the Court describes as complex and extraordinary, significantly contributes to local...
Court Upholds Right to Divide Roof in Co-ownership Case
In matters of co-ownership, individuals cannot be compelled to remain in such a state indefinitely and may request the partition of the property, provided this is easily divisible. This principle was underscored in the judgment delivered on the 30th January 2024 in the case William Gatt, Claire Gatt et al....