Law Commission has been inactive for more than year

A commission whose remit is to revise and consolidate the laws of Malta has not met for more than a year, as the Justice Ministry has yet to replace two members who have dropped out. Chaired by former MP Franco Debono, the Law Commission was inactive for a number of years but was reconstituted in 2014 under the Statute Law Revision Act of 1980. Retired judge Philip Sciberras, Dean of the Faculty of Laws at the University of Malta Kevin Aquilina, legal historian Ray Mangion and lawyer Ramona Frendo were the four members nominated by the government. However, legal sources who spoke to this newspaper said that the initial enthusiasm for the daunting task of making the first revision of the laws of Malta in more than 30 years fizzled out after a few months, such that no further meetings were held. Contacted by the Times of Malta, Dr Debono insisted that he was still performing his duties, but acknowledged that the commission had been inactive since late 2015, thus slowing down the intended reforms. The Law Commissioner noted that Prof. Mangion had stopped attending meetings on the minister's instructions, while Prof. Aquilina had declined to renew his one-year contract. Moreover,...

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