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I have written ad nauseam on the topic of administrative offences though my writings on the subject remain a call in the wilderness. I did make the point – repeatedly – that the government
By means of a consultation document entitled Riforma fis-Sistema tal-Kumpilazzjonijiet u Rinviji (Reform of the compilation of evidence and referral procedures), the ministry responsible for justice
Drug laws that don’t work: why the 100m rule means ecstasy users cannot avoid jail Criminal defence lawyer Franco Debono says magistrates should be given more discretion when handing down court sentences on drug offences 28 January 2021, 3:35pm by Matthew Vella Former MP Franco Debono has suggested that a lacuna in the Drug Dependency Act, designed not to inflict punitive jail terms on cannabis users, was having serious effects on similar misdemeanours where clubbers are found carrying ecstasy pills. The reaction comes in the wake of a three-month jail term for 25-year-old Jean-Marc Dalli,...