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Mamo TCV Advocates Wins Mondaq Award Antitrust, Competition and Trade

Mamo TCV Advocates Wins Mondaq Award

​Mamo TCV has won the Top Communicator Award from Mondaq for the Most Popular Article in Malta for January 2017. The article that clinched the award, Agreement Regarding The Distribution Of LPG In Malta Held To Be In Breach Of The Competition Rules, was written by Dr. Annalies Azzopardi and Dr. Richard Camilleri.To read more about the award, please visit Mondaq's website. (Contributor With Most Popular Article In Malta)
Richard Camilleri
17th February 2017
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ICLG The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement 2017 Public Procurement and State Aid

ICLG The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement 2017

As in previous years, Mamo TCV has been featured in the Global Legal Group's International Comparative Legal Guide to Public Procurement. The guide is primarily aimed at corporate counsel and international practitioners in the field of public procurement and it provides a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of public procurement laws and regulations. The Guide is a collective effort between leading public procurement lawyers and industry specialists and it is now in its ninth edition, this is not the first time that Mamo TCV has been chosen to contribute the chapter relating to Malta, confirming the firm's expertise in this important area…
Joseph Camilleri
9th February 2017
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The ‘eIDAS’ Regulation & its Effect on Maltese Electronic Commerce Law Telecoms, Media & Technology

The ‘eIDAS’ Regulation & its Effect on Maltese Electronic Commerce Law

On 1st July 2016, Regulation No. 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market ('eIDAS Regulation') took effect in Malta. The Regulation was transposed into Maltese law by means of Act XXXV of 2016. All existing Maltese provisions that were inconsistent with the eIDAS Regulation have been amended or repealed. This article seeks to describe the main features of the eIDAS Regulation (regulating, inter alia, electronic signatures, electronic seals and electronic time stamps), and more importantly, to offer guidance on the various changes and effects of this EU Regulation on Maltese eCommerce Law.  …
Claude Micallef Grimaud
7th February 2017
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The Consequences of Federation of Estate Agents vs Director General (Competition) et Antitrust, Competition and Trade

The Consequences of Federation of Estate Agents vs Director General (Competition) et

This article was written by Dr Richard Camilleri and Dr Annalies Azzopardi.A number of press reports and articles have appeared recently in the Maltese media regarding the consequences of the Constitutional Court judgment in Federation of Estate Agents vs Director General (Competition) et (3 May 2016).This judgment held that certain provisions of the Competition Act breached the right to a fair hearing enshrined in the Constitution. You can read a summary of judgment in first instance here and a summary of the Constitutional Court judgment here.This document does not purport to give legal, financial or tax advice. Should you require…
Richard Camilleri
6th February 2017
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Mamo TCV Obtains Favourable Decision for Plaintiffs in Insurance Proceedings Insurance & Reinsurance

Mamo TCV Obtains Favourable Decision for Plaintiffs in Insurance Proceedings

In a judgement dated 31st October 2016 presided by Mr. Justice Anthony Ellul, in the names Atlas Insurance PCC Ltd and Middlesea Insurance plc in their name and as subrogated in the rights of the insured Attard Bros Company Ltd vs Elmo Insurance Ltd, the Civil Court, First Hall held that the concept of double insurance in terms of English law was recognised in Malta and therefore the defendant company was obliged to contribute to the payment made by the plaintiff companies. This decision makes an important contribution to the body of Maltese insurance substantive law.This case focused on two…
Joseph Borg Bartolo
22nd December 2016
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Legal Implications of Cloud Technology Telecoms, Media & Technology

Legal Implications of Cloud Technology

Dr. Claude Micallef-Grimaud recently spoke on behalf of Microsoft Corporation ('Microsoft') at a half-day public seminar organised by the Malta IT Law Association (MITLA) on the topic of 'trust in cloud technology'. The event took place on 12th December 2016 at SmartCity Malta (SCM). Throughout his presentation, Dr. Micallef-Grimaud used Microsoft itself as a case-study to analyze what certain cloud service providers do to earn public trust in modern technology like 'the cloud'. The main point that he raised was that if people don't trust new technology, they simply won't use it and if that happens, innovation will grind to…
Claude Micallef Grimaud
14th December 2016