Government Boards Subject To Judicial Review

In the case ‘L-Avukat Malcolm Mifsud u l-Avukat Cedric Mifsud vs il-Bord ta’ Sorveljanza Dwar Sanzjonijiet’ before Judge Audrey Demicoli, the Court had declared a fine issued by the Sanctions Monitoring Board on the plaintiffs to be null and invalid.

In the case ‘L-Avukat Malcolm Mifsud u l-Avukat Cedric Mifsud vs il-Bord ta’ Sorveljanza Dwar Sanzjonijiet’ before Judge Audrey Demicoli, the Court had declared a fine issued by the Sanctions Monitoring Board on the plaintiffs to be null and invalid.

The case challenged the legal validity of a fine issued by the Sanctions Monitoring Board, on the basis of judicial review of an administrative decision in terms of the subarticles of Article 469A of Chapter 12 of the Laws of Malta, the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure.