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Employment and Industrial Relations News

New Rights for Adoptive Parents – the Adoption Leave National Standard Order

On the 10th October 2016, new Regulations came into force, giving new rights to employees who have adopted a child, analogous to maternity leave. Prior to the Regulations, employees who adopted a child were only entitled to unpaid parental leave.The Adoption Leave National Standard Order (Subsidiary Legislation 452.11) provides that an employee who is the parent of an adopted child is entitled to an uninterrupted period of eighteen weeks' adoption leave, corresponding to the eighteen weeks' maternity leave. Similarly, also to maternity leave, only the first fourteen weeks are to be paid leave by the employer. If both parents are…

Christine Calleja21st February 2017

Antitrust, Competition and Trade

Mamo TCV Advocates Wins Mondaq Award

Mamo TCV has won the Top Communicator Award from Mondaq for the Most Popular Article in Malta for January 2017. The article that clinched the award, Agreement Regarding The Distribution Of LPG In Malta Held To Be In Breach Of The Competition Rules, was written by Dr. Annalies Azzopardi and Dr. Richard Camilleri.To read more about the award, please visit Mondaq's website. (Contributor With Most Popular Article In Malta)

Richard Camilleri17th February 2017

Aviation

Aviation: Malta – The New Hotspot in Europe

Nick Valenzia who heads our Aviation and Shipping teams delivered a presentation about the Aviation in Malta, Malta - the new hotspot in Europe, during the annual Corporate Jet Investor held at The Landmark Hotel in London on Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st January. Nick highlighted the most salient achievements in the local Aviation industry and the reason why Malta became one of the top jurisdictions of choice . Nick has also delved into the various fiscal and other benefits that Malta offers.Disclaimer This document does not purport to give legal, financial or tax advice. Should you require further information or legal assistance,…

Nicholas Valenzia16th February 2017

Public Procurement and State Aid

ICLG The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement 2017

As in previous years, Mamo TCV has been featured in the Global Legal Group's International Comparative Legal Guide to Public Procurement. The guide is primarily aimed at corporate counsel and international practitioners in the field of public procurement and it provides a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of public procurement laws and regulations. The Guide is a collective effort between leading public procurement lawyers and industry specialists and it is now in its ninth edition, this is not the first time that Mamo TCV has been chosen to contribute the chapter relating to Malta, confirming the firm's expertise in this important area…

Joseph Camilleri9th February 2017

Telecoms, Media & Technology

The ‘eIDAS’ Regulation & its Effect on Maltese Electronic Commerce Law

On 1st July 2016, Regulation No. 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market ('eIDAS Regulation') took effect in Malta. The Regulation was transposed into Maltese law by means of Act XXXV of 2016. All existing Maltese provisions that were inconsistent with the eIDAS Regulation have been amended or repealed. This article seeks to describe the main features of the eIDAS Regulation (regulating, inter alia, electronic signatures, electronic seals and electronic time stamps), and more importantly, to offer guidance on the various changes and effects of this EU Regulation on Maltese eCommerce Law. …

Claude Micallef Grimaud7th February 2017

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Antitrust, Competition and Trade

The Consequences of Federation of Estate Agents vs Director General (Competition) et

This article was written by Dr Richard Camilleri and Dr Annalies Azzopardi.A number of press reports and articles have appeared recently in the Maltese media regarding the consequences of the Constitutional Court judgment in Federation of Estate Agents vs Director General (Competition) et (3 May 2016).This judgment held that certain provisions of the Competition Act breached the right to a fair hearing enshrined in the Constitution. You can read a summary of judgment in first instance here and a summary of the Constitutional Court judgment here.This document does not purport to give legal, financial or tax advice. Should you require…

Richard Camilleri6th February 2017