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Law Blog

A new short publication: Why Courts Are Revoking Development Permits

In recent years, a growing number of development permits have been annulled by the courts.…

From COVID to stopping works until Appeal is Determined

COVID was not something we want back, but one good thing for sure emerged: the…

Bastiat’s The Law

I have read Frédéric Bastiat’s The Law more than five times — a mere forty…

Revoking permits due to ‘Error on the face of the record’

Article 80 of Chapter 552 (the Development Planning Act) allows for the revocation of planning…

Why property owners turned to temporary emphyteusis

Looking back from today’s perspective, over forty years after the Housing (Decontrol) Ordinance of 1979,…

Does true constitutional oversight rest with the President?

The President of Malta occupies a unique position within the constitutional framework of the country.…