The Right of Compensation for Damages: Medical Liability

  • Jessica-Ann Spiteri
  • 20/04/2019
  • 20 min read

In this article, Ms Spiteri discusses the right of compensation for damages involved with regards to medical liability, vis-à-vis Articles 1030 to 1045 of the Civil Code. Jessica-Ann Spiteri, ‘The Right of Compensation for Damages: Medical Liability’ (Online Law Journal, 20 April 2019). The notion of damages in Malta is divided into two categories: contractual […]

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Moral Damages in Maltese Tort Law

  • Ariane Aquilina
  • 16/03/2016
  • 11 min read

Ariane Aquilina, ‘Moral Damages in Maltese Tort Law’ (Online Law Journal, 16 March 2016). According to the Oxford Dictionary of Law, a tort is: ‘A wrongful act or omission for which damages can be obtained in a civil court by the person wronged, other than a wrong that is only a breach of contract’.1 Article […]

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Actio Surrogatoria: Anthony Micallef vs Paul Balzan

  • Michelle Camilleri
  • 22/12/2014
  • 3 min read

Michelle Camilleri, ‘Actio Surrogatoria: Anthony Micallef vs Paul Balzan’ (Online Law Journal, 22 December 2014). The facts are as follows: By means of a promise of sale (konvenju) dated 10 May 1993, Paul Balzan and Richard Camilleri promised Anthony and Raymond Farrugia a portion of land in Zebbug, divided into plot 1 and 2. On […]

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An Issue of Quasi-Contract: Micallef vs Gravina

  • Michelle Camilleri
  • 22/12/2014
  • 5 min read

Michelle Camilleri, ‘An Issue of Quasi-Contract: Micallef vs Gravina’ (Online Law Journal, 22 December 2014). In this case plaintiff is asking defendant to pay back maintenance, which he had paid to her as curator of her minor child. The parties separated by means of a court judgment given on the 30 June 2004 whereby plaintiff […]

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