May 21, 2025

The Council of Europe has adopted the first-ever international treaty aiming to protect the profession of lawyer. This is to respond to increasing reports of attacks on the practice of the profession, whether in the form of harassment, threats or attacks, or interference with the exercise of professional duties (for example, obstacles to access to […]


May 6, 2025

This is the Chamber of Advocates’ newsletter for the month of April 2025.   The Committee of the Chamber has met with the newly appointed Chief Executive of the Agency for Court Services, Dr Vanessa Grech, where various issues were discussed amongst which the agency for court staff, the taxed bill of costs, monitors around […]


April 15, 2025

The Court of Justice of the European Union announced that the 2024 edition of its Panorama of the Year is now available on the Curia website in all language versions. This edition includes summaries of the year’s most important cases, statistics detailing the work of both courts and an overview of the key events in […]


March 29, 2025

The Chamber of Advocates will start issuing a monthly newsletter to inform its members of the work which the Chamber, together with its sub-committees, would have carried out during the previous month, including updates regarding any meetings held with various entities and authorities. This is our first newsletter in this series, covering the month of […]


February 21, 2025

Il-Kamra tal-Avukati ħadet konjizzjonii tal-fatt li illum għalaq it-terminu għas-sejħa għan-nomini ta’ Avukati li huma interessati jiġu elevati għal bank tal-ġudikatura.   Il-Kamra tal-Avukati tappella lill-Eċċellenza tagħha, Il-President tar-Repubblika, Is-Sinjura Miriam Spiteri Debono sabiex, fil-bidu tal-Presidenza tagħha, fl-ewwel ħatriet li sejra tagħmel, tal-membri tal-Ġudikatura, tippublika biss l-ismijiet ta’ dawk li sejrin jinħatru u mhux dawk […]


February 18, 2025

The Chamber of Advocates has partnered with Expedition42, a local HR solutions provider, to equip its members with comprehensive HR solutions. This collaboration delivers valuable resources to lawyers, allowing them to navigate HR complexities and achieve professional success. Expedition42’s Josef Said, expressed enthusiasm for the partnership stating, “We are honoured to collaborate with the Chamber […]


February 17, 2025

The Chamber would like to share the updated Guidelines for fees. The Chamber would also like to inform you that a sub-committee had been appointed, comprising of Dr. Patrick Galea, Dr. Pawlu Lia, Dr. Mark Vassallo and Dr. Anna Mifsud Bonnici, which sub-committee finalised the amendments that need to take place for the tariffs which are listed […]


February 4, 2025

  ERA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME Advance Your Expertise in EU law   For more than 30 years the Academy of European Law (ERA) has been bringing together lawyers, judges, in-house counsel and other legal practitioners from all across Europe for training in European law. ERA runs a scholarship programme to ensure that all legal practitioners from […]



January 10, 2025

The Malta Law Academy (MLA) is pleased to announce its partnership in the Young European Lawyers Project (YELP)—an initiative by the Academy of European Law (ERA), CCBE, EYBA, partnering Bar associations, and the European Commission. YELP is designed to empower the next generation of legal professionals across Europe and prepare young lawyers for the evolving […]