Court confirms €100,000 damages for Testaferrata landowners over Rabat property
A group of some 20 landowning families from the Maltese nobility have won an appeal filed by the Prime Minister, as well as €100,000 in damages
2 April 2021, 9:00am
by Matthew Agius
A group of some 20 landowning families from the Maltese nobility have won an appeal filed by the Prime Minister, as well as €100,000 in damages, in a case for compensation on a breach of their property rights.
The plaintiffs included the Testaferrata Moroni Viani, Gera de Petri, Preziosi, Testaferrata Bonici, and Sant Manduca families amongst others.
They are the owners of land along the Gorg Borg Olivier road in Rabat, which in 1881 was granted on temporary emphyteusis and later inherited by the defendants Ian Ellis and his sister Elizabeth Scilio. The land was developed into several residences including one owned by the defendants.