What are the recommendation of the public inquiry into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia that many are urging the government to implement, and what is this about protection of journalists? Here is an explainer.
Are trials by jury still relevant in today’s criminal justice given their weaknesses and anachronism – a jury does not explain its decision? This articles reports on characteristics of jury trials in many countries, reviews the case for and against, and charts the trend towards narrowing the scope of jury trials.
I had a vision about the future of this website – and future of viable local journalism – at around…
The Planning Commission sanctioned a building whose planning permit had been revoked by the court by latching onto a type…
Key findings:Planning permit regranted to block of flats “as built” despite permit revoked by the courtGovernment implemented trio of policy…
In a document that appears to have been drafted in China and presented at a meeting of Malta’s smallest village…
Can you build a terraced house that has a façade of 3 metres wide? And that has a front door…
There is something approaching consensus in legal circles that the law on magisterial inquiries triggered by citizens or other juridical…
I have been researching two planning applications for blocks of flats within the Urban Conservation Area (UCA) of Għasri. One…
Fishermen in some regions of the Mediterranean, including a few in Malta, have recently started deploying a new trap to…