About Us
The Malta Chamber of Advocates represents the corps of advocates admitted to the Bar of Malta. It is a voluntary non-political non-Governmental organisation funded by the fees payable by members and by funds raised from the activities it organises, and is recognised at law as the consultative and participatory representative of advocates in matters related to the organisation and administration of justice.
The Chamber acts as a professional association, a lobbyist, an educator and, to a degree, as a regulator as well as being available to provide guidance to advocates and to the public at large on matters of professional ethics and the proper exercise of the function and office of advocate.
The Chamber seeks to organise seminars to up-date the profession on matters both of substantive and of procedural law, as well as participating, either as a lobbyist or as a direct participant, in initiatives to amend and consolidate legislation.
Committee
The Committee is made up of 11 members who are elected every 2 years. The Committee is currently constituted as follows:
The following special interest groups are responsible for their respective area of interest:
Management Group: This is entrusted with the day-to-day management of the Chamber of Advocates and is composed of the President, the Vice President, the Hon. Secretary, the Hon Treasurer and the Public Relations Officer.
Public Affairs Group: This is responsible for publications, membership and student relations, the website, and media/public relations. The group is composed of Lara Lanfranco, Anna Mallia, Reuben Balzan and Jean Karl Farrugia.
Court & Legal Affairs Group: This group handles all matters related to Court Administration and infrastructure and legislation monitoring. This group is made up of Andrew Borg Cardona (Rules of Court), Edward Gatt (General Court Issues), Stefan Camilleri (Civil Court Monitoring), Tanya Sciberras Camilleri (Civil Law Bills Monitoring), Leslie Cuschieri (Criminal Court and Criminal Law Bills Monitoring), Anna Mallia (Registry Monitoring) and Vincent Galea (Court Infrastructure Monitoring and Gozo Court).
Members of the Chamber are encouraged to refer any questions or issues that fall within the areas of special interest mentioned next to each Group Member's name to that member.
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