The Gender Based Violence and Domestic Violence Act, Chapter 581 of Laws of Malta, defines domestic violence to include: all acts or omissions including verbal, physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence causing physical and, or moral harm or suffering, including threats of such acts or omissions, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, that occur within ...
A new approach to drug abuse introduced on the Maltese Islands. This approach moves to help treat drug abusers rather than to just simply punish them. This is by virtue of the amendments to Chapter 581 of the laws of Malta, namely the Drug Dependence (Treatment not Imprisonment). It is clear that the salient aim...
Legal Professional Privilege (“LPP”) is a fundamental right that protects all communications between an advocate and a client from being disclosed without the permission of the client. It is a privilege granted to the client and not to the advocate. LPP guarantees the proper functioning of any system based on the rule of law and...
Automatism Excludes Criminal Responsibility In a judgement delivered recently, the Criminal Courts concluded that automatism excludes criminal responsibility. The facts of the case relate to a fatal traffic accident when the accused, whilst driving his vehicle, suffered from an epileptic fit. As a result of this, he blanked out for a few seconds and first […]
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