The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice

  Country profile: MALTA
 
CEPEJ Member

 

 National Correspondent
Francesco DEPASQUALE
Ministry representative
Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs
Vincente Buildings
12 flat 8, Strait Street
VALLETTA VLT08
 +356 21 23 11 91
 francesco.depasquale@gov.mt
  
Francesco DEPASQUALE
Ministry representative
Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs
Vincente Buildings
12 flat 8, Strait Street
VALLETTA VLT08
 +356 21 23 11 91
 francesco.depasquale@gov.mt
     
Member of the Lisbon Network

 

 Pilot Court
 
  
 
     
Evaluation Exercise
     
Translations of CEPEJ documents (if available):

 
     
Links to relevant Institutions

 

 Resources
 

Legal texts (Codes, laws, regulations etc.)

    www.justice.gov.mt

Case-law of the higher court/s

    www.justice.gov.mt

Other documents (e.g. forms)

    www.justice.gov.mt

 
     
Recent developments in the judicial field

Evaluation of the maltese judicial system by CEPEJ experts: A CEPEJ delegation visited Malta to meet the highest representatives in the country in the field of justice and to discuss the implementation of CEPEJ's recommendations with public stakeholders and legal professionals in order to improve the functioning and the efficiency of the maltese judicial system. The delegation had in particular an exchange of views with the Ministry of Justice, M. Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici, on 23 November 2011

 Communiqués - Press from Malta - The Malta independent / Times of Malta

04/12/2009 - CEPEJ delegation meets members of the Judiciary

A new code of administrative justice has been introduced. Amendments to the procedure governing civil enforcement (possibility of seizing shares in commercial companies; payment orders for debts of up to €8,000) and the length of proceedings (3-year limit; possibility for the president of the court to take a judge off a case) have also been introduced. In family law, arbitration can be used to divide up property.
Organisational chart of the system of justice