The Maltese Merchant Shipping Directorate has issued a Notice to draw the attention of all concerned to the reporting obligations contained in the Merchant Shipping (Taxation and Other Matters Relating to Shipping Organisations) Regulations. Reference is made to those...
Dr. Franklin Cachia delivered a presentation on the Taxation of Virtual Financial Assets on the 28th of March 2019 at Aim Professional Academy during a full day seminar entitled “Interpreting Blockchain”. Franklin tackled the Income Tax issues surrounding Coins,...
This morning, Managing Partner Dr. Tonio Fenech, has delivered a presentation during the Opportunities in Superyachts conference, on mortgage enforcement titled, “Remedies available to the Mortgagee and the Indian Empress Case”. Fenech Farrugia Fiott Legal are the...
Managing Partner Dr. Tonio Fenech this afternoon was a member of a panel at the Malta Business Aviation Conference with the theme: “What keeps financiers up at night? ”. The panel focused on the impact of geo-political events such as Brexit and US-China trade war on...
Chapter 540 of the Laws of Malta entitled Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Act (the “Act”) was adopted by the Maltese Parliament on the 1st April 2015 and it mainly regulates gender identification, re-identification or change of legal gender...
Please note that Tuesday 19th March is a Public Holiday and our offices will therefore be closed. Please note furthermore that we will be operating with reduced staff on Monday, the 18th March. We would ask you to kindly copy any urgent enquiries to...
New Guidelines relating to the application of VAT to the use and enjoyment of pleasure yachts have been published by the VAT authorities in Malta. These much-awaited Guidelines set out a solid regulatory framework for the efficient taxation of operational leases of...
Fenech Farrugia Fiott Legal will be sponsors for the Malta Business Aviation Conference (MBAC) and Opportunities in Superyachts Conference, being held in Malta between the 27th – 28th March. Both conferences are organised by the leading conference specialists,...
The much-awaited Chapter 3 (the “Chapter”) of the Rulebook pertaining to the Virtual Financial Assets (“VFA”) Rules for VFA Service Providers has been published by the Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”). The publication of this final Chapter has brought to a...
The production of medical cannabis is regulated by the Production of Cannabis for Medicinal and Research Purposes Act, (the “Act”), which became in force on the 17th April 2018. The Act brought along with it the possibility of producing cannabis in Malta however, such...
Further to the repeal of the Maternity Leave Directive, the European Commission took a position to create further initiatives for progress in the sphere of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with specific focus on the Work-life Balance Initiative, which addresses...
Partner Dr Theresienne Mifsud will be one of the speakers at the Annual Consumer Law Conference 2019, organised by the Malta Chamber of Advocates’ Malta Law Academy, in collaboration with the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Malta to commemorate World...