Questions for lawyers Found 300

I’m not an EU citizen and I’m interested in registering my yacht under the Malta flag given its international reputation. I want to understand whether my nationality would actually prevent me from doing this, or whether Malta’s ship registry is genuinely open to non-EU owners as well.

I run a small business in Malta and I received a commercial delivery where the goods clearly didn’t match what I had actually ordered, different specifications than what was agreed. Can I legally refuse to accept this delivery, or am I obligated to accept it and then deal with the discrepancy afterward?

I work remotely from Malta for an employer based entirely outside Malta, with no physical presence or office here. I want to understand what tax obligations might actually arise, both for me personally and potentially for my foreign employer, given that I’m physically performing my work from within Malta.

I was asked to come in for police questioning in Malta in relation to an ongoing investigation, though I haven’t been arrested. I’m not sure whether I have the right to have a lawyer present, or whether I even have to answer questions at all in this situation.

I signed a commercial contract with a supplier in Malta that includes a clause saying any dispute must go to arbitration rather than court. Now that we have an actual dispute over a delayed delivery, I’d rather just sue them in the ordinary courts, which feels more familiar to me. Can I ignore the arbitration clause and go straight to court instead?

My spouse and I in Malta are going through a divorce and I want to understand, in general terms, how property we’ve accumulated during the marriage is typically divided under Maltese law, since we didn’t sign any specific marriage contract beforehand regarding our finances.

I have a relatively straightforward civil claim against someone in Malta and I’m considering handling it myself rather than hiring a lawyer, mainly to save on costs given the amount isn’t huge. Is self-representation actually allowed in Maltese civil courts, or is legal representation generally required?

I contracted with a logistics company in Malta to handle the full process of importing goods, including customs clearance, but my shipment has been significantly delayed at customs, causing me real commercial harm. I want to understand whether the logistics company bears any responsibility for this delay, given they were specifically handling the customs process on my behalf.

I bought what was advertised as an authentic designer handbag through an online marketplace, paying through the platform’s checkout, but the item that arrived is clearly a counterfeit. The individual seller is not responding to messages anymore. What can I do, and does the marketplace itself have any responsibility?

My spouse and I in Malta are separating and we disagree about where our two children should primarily live going forward. We haven’t been able to reach an agreement between ourselves. How does the Maltese legal system actually decide something like this when the parents can’t agree?