It isn’t good form to say this, but I’m delighted to report that the Centre for Private International Law’s workshop on Reform of EU Defamation Law was quite the success. We were joined in Aberdeen by “an all-star lineup of speakers”, eager to explore and address the mechanisms which some…
It isn’t my job to preach to you or to teach you right from wrong. But I will, on this occasion, explain why the skills we impart are so important.
Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese journalist. I never met her, but wrote for her on a handful of occasions. On…
My earlier comment on the Maltese Marriage Equality Bill has prompted some discussion, including in an article in Sunday’s Times of Malta. In that article, Silvan Agius – a Maltese champion of LGBTIQ rights – responded on behalf of the Government of Malta.
Let me begin by identifying the common…
This blog post was originally posted on ‘Manuel Delia’s notes’, a Maltese political blog. It is re-posted here (with minor amendments) with kind permission.
Through the Marriage Equality Bill, Malta joins a small group of European nations which have both met and exceeded the requirements of the European Convention on…
It is fairly well-established that cost is the primary driver for corporate choice of law and the choice of the physical location of a company’s business. Becht et al, for example, note that entry cost is the primary consideration for choice of corporate law. These authors also note that non-price…
The following is the text of remarks made by our Dr Justin Borg-Barthet at a panel discussion organised by the Aberdeen University Yad’am Society on 6 February 2017.
Introductory remarks
To begin with, it is worth considering why we in Europe should be concerned about the Syrian refugee crisis. Syria,…
The High Court decision in Miller (the ‘Brexit case’) was essentially a public law case. The judgment (PDF) addresses the question of whether the royal prerogative can be exercised to repeal vested statutory rights. As is well known, the Court found in the negative. In the Court’s view, therefore, notice…
