Tag: defamation
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The Maltese Herald loses a libel case: ordered to pay €2,500 in “damages” to Simon Mercieca
Yesterday, we received the news that we lost a libel and defamation case instituted against us by Simon Mercieca, an academic at the University of Malta and the Department of History. The libel case, which was initiated by Simon Mercieca in May 2023, was partially won in his favour and the Court concluded that we…
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The proposed government reforms of the press DO NOT bar foreign SLAPP cases
Mathew Vella, the previous editor of MaltaToday before Kurt Sansone, is being sued in a Spanish court along with MaltaToday over his reporting of the Steward public hospital deals in Malta. Steward Healthcare is registered in Spain and decided to institute court proceedings in Spain, but I highly doubt whether the case will hold in…
