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Court Confirms €90,374.43 Awarded for Unfair Dismissal Employment and Industrial Relations

Court Confirms €90,374.43 Awarded for Unfair Dismissal

The Court of Appeal (Inferior) confirmed the sum of ninety thousand, three hundred and seventy-four euro and forty-three cents (€90,374.43) granted by the Industrial Tribunal following a finding of unfair dismissal in the case of Publius Davison vs De La Rue Currency and Security Print Limited (Appeal nr 160/2018, decided on the 11th of October 2019). The case was filed by Publius Davison (hereinafter referred to as 'the applicant') on the 2nd of July 2008 after he had been dismissed from his employment on the 19th of June 2008.The applicant was a security guard with a salary of thirty thousand,…
Kirk Brincau
30th October 2019
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The Single-Use Plastics Products Strategy for Malta 2020-2030 Planning & Environment

The Single-Use Plastics Products Strategy for Malta 2020-2030

This article was written by​ Dr Annalies Muscat and Dr Laura Spiteri.​The Maltese Government issued the Single-Use Plastic Products Strategy for Malta 2020-2030 (the 'Strategy') in May 2019, just before the Directive 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (the 'Directive') was brought into force. The Strategy's stated aim is to aid Malta's move towards a more circular economy in the light of the work carried out by the European Commission towards this end. It highlights measures to be taken to eliminate…
Annalies Muscat
28th October 2019
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Society Education’s Annual Employment Law Seminar Employment and Industrial Relations

Society Education’s Annual Employment Law Seminar

Dr Christine Calleja, Dr Kirk Brincau and Dr Warren Ciantar from Mamo TCV Advocates as speakers in this year's Society Educations' annual employment law seminar which is going to be held on Tuesday 29th October 2019 at the Xara Lodge. Dr Christine Calleja, who is also this year's seminar moderator, will deliver a presentation on occupational health and safety. Dr Kirk Brincau will discuss this last year's most relevant employment law cases whilst Dr Warren Ciantar will speak about data protection implications in employment. Disclaimer This document does not purport to give legal, financial or tax advice. Should you require…
Christine Calleja
25th October 2019
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Regulatory Reporting and Submission of Financial Documentation through the MFSA Licence Holder Portal Legal Updates

Regulatory Reporting and Submission of Financial Documentation through the MFSA Licence Holder Portal

On the 17th October 2019, the MFSA (the "Authority") issued a circular on the submission of regulatory reporting in relation to collective investment schemes, recognised persons and investment services licence holders. As from 31st October 2019 recognised persons and licence holders must submit all regulatory reporting through the Authority's Licence Holder Portal ("LH Portal"). The aim of this development is to facilitate and expedite the process of submission of financial statements and other regulatory reporting to the Authority.Notwithstanding this, hard copies should still be submitted to the Authority in all cases for the time being. Access to the LH Portal…
MamoTCV Advocates
18th October 2019
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Malta Budget 2020 News

Malta Budget 2020

Below are the salient points of the Malta Budget for the year 2020, which was presented to the House of Representatives by the Hon. Prof. Edward Scicluna, Minister of Finance, on 14 October 2019. For a review of the salient points of the Malta budget for the year 2019, please click here.To view and download the report, please click here.Economic Performance Malta registered a surplus – A surplus of 1.4% is forecasted for 2020 and GDP is projected to grow by 4.3%. Government debt has been reduced to 43% of GDP in 2019 and is expected to be further reduced…
MamoTCV Advocates
15th October 2019
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A Brief Overview of the EU Electronic Communications Code Telecoms, Media & Technology

A Brief Overview of the EU Electronic Communications Code

On 17th December 2018, Directive 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and Council establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (the 'EECC') was published and it entered into force on December 20th 2018. This Directive relates mainly to the protection of end-users in the field of telecommunications law and was designed to improve upon the current protection provided to end-users under the present telecommunications framework. Directive 2018/1972 provides for a number of changes to the field of telecommunications law. Some of these changes include, inter alia, that EU Member States are to establish an independent method of comparing similar telecommunications services which are…
Zachary Galea
14th October 2019