Questions for lawyers Found 300

I have a will drafted and executed in my home country, which is outside Malta, but I also own property in Malta. I want to understand whether my existing foreign will would actually be recognised as valid for dealing with my Maltese property, or whether I need a completely separate Maltese will specifically for that.

I obtained an arbitration award against a company through arbitration proceedings conducted in another country, and that company has assets in Malta that I now want to pursue to actually recover what I’m owed. Can a foreign arbitration award be enforced here, or would I need to essentially start over in the Maltese courts?

I was hired in Malta specifically for a marketing role, and after a management change, I was suddenly reassigned to a completely different administrative role with different duties, without ever being asked or consulted, though my pay has stayed the same for now. Can my employer just reassign me like this without my consent?

I bought tickets to a concert in Malta from a ticket resale website, not the original organiser, paying a marked-up price. The event has now been officially cancelled and the original organiser is refunding face-value tickets, but the resale site is refusing to refund the markup I paid them. Do I have any claim against the resale platform?

A fellow director of our company in Malta formally resigned in writing over a month ago, but when I checked the public register recently, his name is still listed as an active director. Does this create any legal risk, and whose responsibility is it to fix this?

I’m employed full-time in Malta on a standard five-day contract, but for the past two months my manager has been scheduling me for six days a week, claiming it’s ‘temporary’ due to staff shortages, without any additional pay for the extra day. Is this legal, and what can I do about it?

I have a commercial container shipment moving through the Port of Malta that has been selected for customs inspection, causing a delay to my supply chain. I want to understand the general process here and what I can realistically expect in terms of timeline and any costs I might face as a result.

I joined a gym in Sliema on what I thought was a monthly rolling membership, but three months in I found out the contract actually locks me in for 24 months with a heavy exit fee. Nobody explained this clearly when I signed up at the front desk. Can I get out of it?

I reported to senior management at my company in Malta that I believed my direct manager was falsifying expense claims, based on documents I had legitimate access to as part of my role. Two weeks later I was suddenly dismissed for what they’re calling ‘performance issues’ that were never raised with me before. I think this is retaliation. What protections do I have?

I have a connecting flight through Malta as part of a longer journey, with a layover of several hours before my onward flight. I’m a non-EU national and I’m wondering whether I actually need any kind of visa or permit just to transit through, even though I’m not planning to leave the airport or stay in Malta.