PA initiates action against Qala illegal pools, minister’s pool untouched
The Planning Authority (PA) has started to take legal
The Shift Team
May 20, 2024 18:00
Asset freezes vulnerable to loopholes as enforcement authorities’ hands are tied
The authority set up to enforce court-ordered asset freezes
Sean Montebello
November 3, 2023 15:32
Search for new Gozo court site renewed as decade-old promise remains unkept
Plans for a new state-of-the-art courthouse in Gozo, promised
Sean Montebello
September 27, 2023 14:32
Judiciary costs now running at €10 million a year as court delays increase
Salaries and allowances for judiciary members and their teams
The Shift Team
December 11, 2022 09:26
Magistrate Joe Mifsud in hot water over Gozo court farewell media stunt
Magistrate Joe Mifsud has been reprimanded by Chief Justice
The Shift Team
November 5, 2022 13:10
Muscat’s mob rule
“Our voice is not one crying in the desert
Kevin Cassar
August 8, 2022 06:54
No report from Chief Justice to discipline magistrate who called lawyer, MP ‘worse than the most criminal whore’
Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti has so far not filed
The Shift Team
June 18, 2022 06:46
ADPD takes Electoral Commission, State Advocate to constitutional court over electoral discrimination
ADPD, Malta’s longest-standing alternative to PL and PN, held
Julian Delia
March 30, 2022 13:59
Black Boxes
I almost skipped writing an article this week. Arguments
Jacques René Zammit
December 8, 2021 07:19
Businessman Paul Hili forced to sell his Wardija home; valuation accepted by court raises questions
Paul Hili, former owner of the McDonald’s franchise in
The Shift Team
August 2, 2021 11:44
Turkish women sentenced in Malta with false documents at risk of ‘extraterritorial abductions’
Two Turkish women, Rabia Yavuz and Muzekka Deneri, were
Alice Taylor
July 31, 2021 12:32
Our measure of justice
Justice should be an important virtue in any society.
Jacques René Zammit
July 5, 2021 05:16
Gozo lawyers protest against dire working conditions at Rabat court
Gozitan lawyers frustrated by a deteriorating work environment and
Elizabeth De Gaetano
June 2, 2021 12:42
MFSA awards Keith Schembri’s company €40,000 contract for paper
Kasco Limited, the company owned by former government chief
Gabriel Schembri
July 28, 2020 13:47
Rule of law reforms reflect Prime Minister’s reluctance to shift power
If first impressions count, then the first impression of
Victor Paul Borg
May 18, 2020 07:06
European Court of Human Rights rules against Malta in majority of cases
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled
February 15, 2020 12:10
2019: The Shift’s investigation highlights
2019 was another significant year of investigative work for
Joanna Demarco
December 29, 2019 16:28
A dirty bill of health
No well-governed country is immune from corruption. Normally, however,
Ranier Fsadni
October 27, 2019 07:15
Judicial schizophrenia
Justice Joanne Vella Cuschieri has ruled that Malta Enterprise’s right
Ryan Murdock
October 19, 2019 10:46
New magistrate still registered as nominee company director
Such was the rush to appoint the new judges
The Shift Team
April 26, 2019 09:52
Get serious about violence against women
As if the situation was not already dire enough
Alice Taylor
October 8, 2018 11:56

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