Practice / III
Criminal Law
Defence from the first police interview through arraignment, trial and appeal.
Arrest hotline · 24/7
Arrested or asked to attend a police interview?
You have the right to speak to a lawyer before and during questioning. Ask for one before you answer questions or sign any statement. Call us at any hour.
+356 7941 8260Anyone questioned by the police in Malta has the right to consult a lawyer before and during the interrogation. Advice given at that stage often decides the outcome of the case.
We assist suspects from the first contact with the police, through arraignment and bail, to trial and appeal. We also act for victims who wish to take part in proceedings as civil parties and claim damages.
- Police interrogation
- Advice before questioning and attendance during the interview.
- Arraignment and bail
- Representation at the first court hearing and applications for release on bail.
- Trials
- Defence before the Court of Magistrates and the Criminal Court.
- Appeals
- Appeals against conviction and sentence before the Court of Criminal Appeal.
- Financial and white-collar offences
- Fraud, misappropriation, money laundering and related investigations.
- Drug, traffic and other offences
- Defence in the full range of criminal charges.
- Victims and civil parties
- Representation of injured parties in criminal proceedings (parte civile).
- European Arrest Warrant and extradition
- Proceedings for surrender to, or from, another state.