Malta: Trials & Appeals & Compensation

On 14th October 2025, the Maltese Court of Appeal delivered a judgement in Mehmet Tatlici (the "Plaintiff") v Ugur Tatlici (the "Defendant"), rejecting the Plaintiff's appeal and confirming the first instance decision.

In the second episode of WH Talks, and the first in our Disputes Insights Series, we examine the surge of player claims from Austria to Malta over the past two years and why they are now in decline. Davinia Cutajar, Partner at WH Partners, sits down with Nicole Daniel, Partner at DLA Piper Austria, to discuss why hundreds of Austrian players attempted to enforce judgments against Maltese-licensed operators, and the implications for operators handling international player claims

Maltese civil procedural law enables summary proceedings which allow for the swift judgment of applications filed before the Courts of Malta.

On April 29, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a landmark judgment in Commission v Malta (Case C-181/23), ruling that Malta's investor citizenship scheme...

On 5 February 2025, the Court of Appeal (in its inferior jurisdiction), delivered its final judgment in the case of ‘D.M. v X Insurance' which related to an appeal filed by X Insurance (the "Insurer").

The case concerns Malta's 2020 investor citizenship framework, formally called "Citizenship by Naturalisation for Exceptional Services by Direct Investment" or NESDI. Under this framework, foreign nationals could apply for Maltese nationality by making substantial pre-determined financial contributions and fulfilling a residency status requirement of 12 or 36 months.

Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 concerning mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other measures (The ‘Directive')...

Contracts are the backbone of commercial and personal transactions and the means through which expectations of the parties to the contract are assigned and crystallised in writing.

The Income Tax Management Act, Chapter 372 of the Laws of Malta (‘ITMA') grants extensive powers to the Commissioner for Revenue (‘CfR') especially in the context of income tax collection.