Malta ยท Courts
Court structure of Malta
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Constitutional โ Constitutional Court
- Human-rights and constitutional appeals.
- Appellate โ Court of Appeal
- Civil and criminal appeals.
- Superior โ Civil Court and Criminal Court
- Superior courts of first instance.
- First instance โ Courts of Magistrates
- Lower civil and criminal matters.
Every court in the hierarchy
- constitutionalVallettaConstitutional CourtNational โ constitutional and human-rights review
- appellateVallettaCourt of AppealNational โ civil appeals in superior and inferior jurisdiction
- first-instanceVallettaCivil Court, First HallNational โ civil and commercial claims above the inferior threshold
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