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Clients of notary Ivan Barbara who died suddenly of COVID-19 while on a trip to India have filed an application in court demanding a magisterial inquiry into th

Three clients of the late notary Ivan Barbara have filed a court application requesting a magisterial inquiry into the alleged fraud and misappropriation by the notary and his wife

A 2016 police selection process for the promotion of superintendents to the post of assistant commissioner was vitiated, and a fresh call ought to be issued, the ombudsman has ruled. Ombudsman Anthony Mifsud said that the man behind the decision to favour certain individuals over others was former police commissioner Lawrence Cutajar. He led “a parody of a selection process” and chose people promoted to the new grade on the basis of personal trust rather than according to the manual on whi...

Relatives of construction collapse victim Miriam Pace have reached an out-of-court settlement with MCZMC Developers Limited. MCZMC Developers Ltd were behind a construction project that was under way next door to the Pace family home when it collapsed in March 2020.  Run by developer Malcolm Mallia, the company lists four other directors: Elton Caruana, Matthias Mallia, Amanda Muscat, Christopher Zarb and Simon Zarb. In a statement announcing the settlement, lawyer David Bonello, on behalf of ...

Newsbook April 16, 2021 8:59 PM Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia and Parliamentary Secretary for Construction Chris Agius announce the Building and Construction Agency (BCA) board Former Malta Industrial Parks CEO Karl Azzopardi has been appointed CEO of the newly established Building and Construction Authority (BCA).  The BCA has been created to revise legislation regulating the building and construction industry following the tragic death of Miriam P...

Karl Azzopardi has been appointed CEO of the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) board.  The BCA has been set up on the recommendation of an expert report into excavation and construction practices commissioned after a woman, Miriam Pace, died in March last year when her home collapsed. The other members of the board are Maria Schembri Grima, chairperson; Roberta Cutajar, secretary; and Ian Borg, Abigail Cutajar, Robert Ellul Sciberras, David Xuereb, Denise Micallef Xuereb, Eve Degiorgio...

The Nationalist Party has nominated lawyer David Bonello to sit on the new Building and Construction Authority. Bonello is the lawyer representing the family of Miriam Pace in court. Pace was killed when her home in Ħamrun collapsed due to construction works at an adjacent site. In a statement on Friday, the PN said Bonello was nominated following consultation with Hermann Schiavone, its spokesperson on planning and construction. In a meeting with Opposition leader Bernard Grech, Bonello was a...

“The detection of an unbounded wall should ring an alarm bell,” he said. Did he fear something will collapse on him? Another court-appointed expert, Mario Buttigieg, testified about his conclusions after examining the accident site and finding the “hammer of the hymac [construction machinery] inserted in the rock, literally speaking.” Tracks on the ground indicated the semi-circular trajectory taken by the hydraulic excavator as it turned backwards, away from the wall beneath the Pace r...

Confusing construction industry regulations partly to blame for Ħamrun house collapse, court hears Court appointed expert Architect Alex Torpiano testifies in court, saying that the house collapse that claimed the life of Miriam Pace was in part down to "the state of confusion" in industry regulations 26 February 2021, 4:40pm by Matthew Agius A leading architect has told a court that the collapse of a house in Ħamrun that claimed the life of Miriam Pace was partly down to “the state of co...

Contractor involved in fatal Hamrun house collapse had track record of construction site accidents Contractor behind the Miriam Pace building collapse in Hamrun had been involved in several construction site accidents stretching back to 2002   25 February 2021, 12:23pm by Matthew Agius The construction company involved in the death of Hamrun house collapse victim Miriam Pace had been involved in a number of other alarming incidents, a court has heard.  This emerged in court as Magistrat...