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Maltese Media Houses And NGOs Send Letter To PM Over Removal Of Online Court Judgements

Maltese Media Houses And NGOs Send Letter To PM Over Removal Of Online Court Judgements

A number of Maltese media companies and NGOs have sent a letter to Prime Minister Robert Abela and Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis over the removal of online court judgments. A legal notice that came out in the last few weeks allows the director-general of the law courts to remove judgements taken from the courts. As a result of this legal notice,

Removing online court judgements breaches people's right to know, media tell PM

Removing online court judgements breaches people's right to know, media tell PM

Maltese media organisations and NGOs have written to Prime Minister Robert Abela urging him to revoke a legal notice which allows the director-general of the law courts to remove judgements from the courts' online portal at his discretion. They expressed alarm that Legal Notice 456 of 2021 gives the director-general sole discretion to decide whether