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Key Considerations Before Signing a Promise of Sale for Property Purchase
Understanding the promise of sale agreement, thorough property inspection and the financial considerations to weigh before you sign.
Do I need to tell my Heirs/Legatees which notary drew up my will?
There is often the impression that heirs must return to the same notary who prepared the will in order for it to be opened. However, this is not the case.
What Are the Steps to Revoke a Power of Attorney and Why is it Crucial to Do So?
A Power of Attorney allows someone (the "mandatary") to act on your behalf. However, circumstances change, and you may need to revoke it.
Protecting Notaries: The Procedures for Addressing Insults and Obstructions During Notarial Duties
The procedures a notary must follow when insulted or obstructed while performing their duties, and when police assistance may be requested.
Understanding the Notary’s Discretion: Conditions Under Which Services Can Be Refused
A notary may refuse or terminate their services in certain circumstances. Wills and sea protests are the notable exceptions.
How to Become a Notary in Malta: A Simple Guide
The appointment of notaries in Malta: the degree, the two-year traineeship, the warrant exam, and the oaths taken before practice.
Safeguarding Malta's Legal Heritage: The Essentials of Notarial Act Custody
The care and custody of notarial acts in Malta is regulated under Chapter 55 of the Maltese laws.
Understanding Usufruct: A Legal Concept of Enjoyment and Use
Usufruct defines the temporary right to use and enjoy another person's property without ownership. Its key features explained.
Understanding Emphyteusis: A Key Tool for Property Developers and Owners
Emphyteusis is often dismissed as an ancient tradition, but it remains crucial in the Maltese property market — and its obligations outlive the payments.
Notarizations of Documents
Specific criteria prohibit a notary from performing a notarisation. The common reasons a document cannot be notarised.
The Advantages of Redeeming Ground Rent
Redeeming ground rent frees property owners from recurring financial burdens. Five advantages of the decision.
The Right to an Agency Fee
Three conditions must be fulfilled to establish the right to an agency fee. If any is missing, the claim cannot be substantiated.
When and how should a Partnership Agreement be drawn up?
How a partnership agreement is drawn up between the notary and the accountant, and where it is registered.
Mediation during Personal Separations
Mediation assists parties in a legal separation to reach a mutually acceptable agreement on property, custody and support.
A Promise of Sale Agreement and its requisites
Eight requirements a Promise of Sale Agreement should include, from identification of the parties to the default provisions.
Money Laundering Regulations
Cash transactions above €10,000 must be reported to the FIAU. What the Prevention of Money Laundering Regulations require.
The Basic Requirements for a Legally binding Lease Agreement
A lease must be in writing and registered with the Malta Landlord and Tenant Board within one month. The seven elements it must contain.
Steps to Purchasing a Property in Malta
From identifying a property to signing the final deed: the five steps involved in purchasing property in Malta.
What properties and earnings are considered to be owned jointly by the spouses?
Article 1320 of the Maltese Civil Code sets out what falls into the Community of Acquests, and what stays personal.
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