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12 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 NEWS COURT NOTICE The Registrar, Civil Courts and Tribunals notifies that the First Hall of the Civil Court ordered the sale by Judicial Auction of the following property to be held in room numbered 78, nearby the Courts Archives, Level -1, Courts of Justice, Republic Street, Valletta. Date Time Judicial Sale No Property 01 st October, 2026 10.30am 15/25 – EM 35°14° Capital SCC plc (C 105417) Vs Borg John (ID 904145M) pro et noe Maisonette, with its airspace and the garden annexed, unnumbered officially, named 'Rita House', in Triq Patri Ġużepp Calleja ġja Triq il-Konverżjoni, Buġibba, limts of Saint Paul's Bay, bounded on South by Patri Ġużepp Calleja street, on the West by property of Francesco Bugeja or his successors in title and on the North by property of Giovanni Azzopardi or his successor in title, free and unencumbered with all its rights and appurtenances and this as better described by means of a deed dated 29.03.1999 and valued at €880,000. 06 th October, 2026 11.00am 5/23 – EM Bonello Edwina (ID 522953M) Vs Spiteri Norman (ID 41461M) et The Sub utile dominium of the apartment situated on the second level, internally marked number 5, forming part of a larger building known as 'Block C' forming part of a larger complex known as 'Vela Vista' in Triq il-Baħħara, corner with Triq il-Klamari, and the latter corner with Triq it-Turisti, Qawra, Saint Paul's Bay, subject to the annual ground rent of €2.98c, with the emphyteutical concession in relation to the land on which the said development was built for the period of 150 years which commenced on the 24.05.1965 upon expiry of the said original temporary emphyteusis period shall be automatically extended from time to time for periods of 100 years each period and this ad infinitum. Which ground rent is revisable as indicated in the deed in the records of Notary Joseph Sciberras of the 24.05.1965 and also subject to the annual sub ground rent and perpetual of €69.88 with the relative conditions to the sub emphyteusis concession as stipulated in the deed of sale and purchase which by virtue of which the debtors acquired by title of sale and purchase, with all its rights and appurtenances, and with perpetual and transferable right together with the said apartment the use of common parts, published in the acts of Notary Jean Paul Farrugia, dated 19.10.2007. The said development known as 'Vela Vista' is bounded North and North West by Triq il- Baħħara, East by property of the company PAM Limited, and South by Triq it-Turisti and West by Triq il-Klamari, while the said Block C forming part of the said development known as 'Vela Vista' which the apartment forms part of is bounded on the North East by Triq il-Baħħara, on the South West by Triq il-Klamari and on all other compass point by property of Prestige Apartment Limited society or its successors in title or more accurate boundaries and is valued at two hundred and ninety thousand euro (€290,000). 06 th October, 2026 11.30am 68/24 – KRZ Caruana Catherine Imperia (ID 750035M) Vs Caruana Verbytska Olena Volodymyrivna (ID 2006902P) The apartment numbered 2 (first floor) of the block named 'Regent Place', in Triq il- Venerabbli Nazju Falzon, Birkirkara, free and unencumbered with the right of use of the roof and an undivided share of the common parts proportionate to the number of apartments built in the block, which include the front door, hall, stair, stairwell, drains and drainage system, as well as the lift and this as better described in the acts of Notary Joseph Vassallo Agius dated the29.03.2001 valued at €320,000. 0 th October, 2026 11.30am 45/23 – EM Bank of Valletta p.l.c. (C 2833) Vs Grixti Ivan Dr. (ID 093967M) and Grixti Carmen (ID 314767M) a) The flat internally marked by number 6, on the second floor forming part of a block of five flats numbered 35 in Triq San Federiku, Belt Valletta including a sixteenth (1/16) undivided share of the common parts of the said block including the entrance, landings, stairs and stairwell, and the roof, with the right of servitudes in favour of third parties, free and unencumbered, with all its rights and appurtenances and this as described in the acts of Notary Marco Burlo dated 09.03.1999 valued at €325,000; and b) The house numbered 27 named "Arzella" in Triq l-Għakrux, ix-Xagħjra, entrance, stairs, hallways, drains and drainage system, lift shaft and all those services and all other parts intended for the common use, excluding the airspace however including the right to use that part of the roof overlying the apartment together with the other owners of the flats in the same block, as well as the right to install a water tank of seven hundred and fifty litres (750l) and an aerial television and/or satellite dish not more than one point one meter (1.1 m) diameter on the roof of the block, in an indicated place and with the right of access to the same roof in case of damage and maintenance of these services within reasonable times and this as better described in the acts of Notary Patricia Hall dated 13.07.2005 and valued at €300,000. 27 th October, 2026 10.30am 72/24 – KRZ Micallef Carmel (ID 47153M) et Vs Foursite Finance Limited (C 22179) A) A portion of land, partly with building, unnumbered, in the limits of Rabat, Malta, in the district of Tal-Plieri, measuring circa 37,902.11m2, bounded from the North East with Triq il-Korsa, where there is a North West facing façade with property of a certain Sidor known as 'Iz-Zebbugi' and South West with property of Paolo Gauci known as 'Ta' Skonju' or his successors in title or other correct boundaries, free and unencumbered from any ground rent payments, situated on the outside development zone scheme, with direct access from the street, as better described in the acts of Notary Anthony Abela dated the 28th of December, 2021, and is valued at €4,250,000. B) A portion of land, partly with building, unnumbered, in the limits of 'Ta' Bur ix-Xwek', measuring circa 6,308m2 bounded on the North with a private road and a quarry known as Ta' Puzzu and from the West in part with the road and in part with the fields of Giovanni Falzon or his successors in title, which road above mentioned leads onto a valley, while access is given from private roads, adjacent to other third party quarries, situated in the outside development zone scheme, free and unencumbered from any ground rent payments, as better described in the public contract dated the 24th September, 2019 in the acts of Notary Tiziana Maria Refalo and is valued at €5,000,000. C) Two fields adjacent to each other, known as 'Ta' Belliegha' sive 'Ta' Baldokk', accessible from Sqaq ta' Baldokk, in Siggiewi, having a footprint area of 4262 square meters (4262m2). The fields are bounded South in part with property of the Siggiewi Parish or their successors in title and in part with property of the Apap Bologna family or their successors, East with property of Louis Galea or his successors. On these fields there are illegal structures since they are not covered by a permit. Besides, a divided portion of land which is used as a passage, which land has a foot print area of 31.3m2 and width of 1.5m, any real right on the divided portion of passage that leads onto these fields, having a footprint area of 47.9m2, which passage is bounded South with the said fields, West with the Baldokk alley, West with property rented to the Bonnini and Mifsud family, any real right on the other divided portion of passage that leads onto these fields, having a footprint area of 12.25m2 which passage is bounded North and West with the first portion of land described above, and East with property of the spouses Mamo or their successors in title, free and unencumbered from any ground rent payments, as described in the acts of Notary Tiziana Maria Refalo dated the 29th August, 2019 and is valued at €550,000. D) Two thirds of the undivided land situated in the area known as ta' Baldokk, of circa 3,994m2 accessible from a passage that abuts onto Triq il-Kilba, limits of Siggiewi, and which is subject to an agricultural rent of twelve Euro each year in favour of Tarcisio Mifsud, free and unencumbered from any ground rent payment, and as described in the acts of Notary Tiziana Maria Refalo dated the 10th June, 2022, and is valued at €450,000 E) A land situated in the area known as Ta' Baldokk, sometimes also known as Ta' Sant' Andrija, measuring circa 4,483m2 accessible from an alley that abuts onto Triq il-Kilba, in Siggiewi. On this site, several structures can be found, which structures were built along the years and are still not legalised and is bounded on the North with a 2833) Vs Dr Nadya Bezzina Fiott et noe Buttigieg, previously known as New Street, Hamrun, including its airspace. The property has window opening servitude on the first floor that overlooks onto the property yard on the ground floor. Part of the said maisonette is overlying other property and it enjoys prospect servitude and servitude from the underlying property and has in common the drains and drainage system. The said maisonette is subject to annual and temporary ground rent of €1.40, otherwise free and unencumbered with all its rights and appurtenances and valued at €95,000. Further details can be obtained from the website: https://ecourts.gov.mt/onlineservices/JudicialSales The bidders taking part in the auction must present their identity card Gaetana Aquilina For the Registrar of Civil Courts and Tribunals Judge slams Air Malta for on zero hours while denying Long-standing, rostered part- timers cannot be treated like a 'light switch' to f lick on and off at will, court tells defunct national airline ĦALEY XUEREB hxuereb@mediatoday.com.mt AIR Malta could not simply stop giving part-time workers shifts and leave them in limbo without telling them they had lost their jobs, the Court of Ap- peal ruled on Thursday. The court rubbished the for- mer national airline's attempt to argue that it had not un- fairly dismissed a group of long-serving part-time clerks because their contracts al- lowed it to allocate them zero hours. The five workers had been rostered for regular shifts over periods of up to nine years. But when Air Malta wound down its ground handling di- vision in late 2022, they were assigned 0 hours of work a week — and, the court found, no proper notification that their employment had come to an end. "Staff have their dignity and must not be used like a switch that you turn on and off when you want, and abandon once served," Judge Lawrence Mintoff said, as he upheld the Industrial Tribunal's ruling. Allocated zero hours, but not officially fired When Air Malta transferred operations of its ground handling division over to a third-party Italian operator, a group of part-time clerks in the Passenger and Ground Operations Division found themselves out in the cold. Instead of issuing formal re- dundancy notices or register- ing their termination with Job- splus, they said Air Malta froze them out. On 30 November 2022, their IT access was shut off, and they were asked to hand back their airport security passes. The airline insisted they had not been sacked at all, but were simply "casual" workers whose contract allowed them to be allocated between zero and 35 hours a week. It said that assigning them zero hours was simply an ex- ercise of its contractual rights, rather than a dismissal. The clerks disagreed. They had been working regularly and continuously for 18 hours a week, some of them over nine years. The fact that their con- tracts were labelled "casual" did not change that reality, the court said. "In employment relation- ships, substance — the real facts — cannot be subordinated to formality," the court said. The Court of Appeal also en- dorsed the Tribunal's approach of looking beyond the letters of the law to deliver real justice. "The hallmark of the Tribunal is not a legalistic one, but an in- strument to recognise as far as possible the substance of the case and make every effort to achieve real justice rather than purely le- galistic justice," the court said. Workers left to discover they had been fired The airline also argued that the clerks had not been dismissed because it had never registered the end of their employment with Jobsplus. The airline insisted they had not been sacked at all, but were simply "casual" workers whose contract allowed them to be allocated between zero and 35 hours a week