The board members leading the inquiry into the death of Jean Paul Sofia were visibly angry when they learnt no authority is responsible for regulating freestanding buildings
In its judgement delivered on the 18 March 2021 in the names of Brace Adonis v Braai Masters Co Ltd et, the First Hall of the Civil Court, presided over by Mr Justice Joseph Zammit McKeon.
During his last sitting in the Superior Courts of Malta on March 18, 2021, Mr Justice Joseph Zammit McKeon delivered his last judgments, among which was one concerning the enforceability of a foreign judgment in Malta.
Judgments delivered by courts and tribunals in non-EU countries are not automatically enforceable in Malta and require a specific procedure to be recognised as such. The judgment delivered by the First Hall, Civil Court in the names ‘Avukat Dottor Carl Grech et v HSBC Bank Malta plc’ delved into this matter further.
The foreign judgment brought before the Maltese court was that delivered by the Supreme Fifth Civil Court in Bahrain on April 30, 2019, whereby the court (in Bahrain) ordered that a specific letter of credit issued by Standard Chartered Bank for the amount of US$952,600 in favour of HSBC was declared null. The judgment delivered by the court in Bahrain was not appealed and thus, the plaintiff sought enforceability in Malta.
Sberbank claim on Turkish shipping group Palmali to be heard in Malta
Malta court will hear Russian bank’s claims on Turkish shipping empire’s alleged fraudulent transfer of ships
3 April 2021, 11:36am
by Matthew Agius
Palmali owner Mubariz Mansimov is imprisoned in Turkey over suspected links to the Gulen coup in 2016
A Maltese judge has ruled that a case filed by Sberbank, a leading Russian bank registered in Moscow, against a number of Maltese shipping companies, can be decided in the Maltese jurisdiction.
The case involves an Istanbul-based shipping conglomerate based in Malta for the last 20 years, which is also the subject of a massive asset freeze after owner Mübariz Mansimov, an Azeri-Turkish billionaire, was imprisoned over links to a coup in Turkey.