Public Authority | Courts of Justice |
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Description of the department/directorate/entity’s structure | The Court of Justice is divided into three Directorates: the Civil Courts Directorate, the Criminal Courts Directorate and the Support Services Directorate. For more information please refer to here. |
Description of the department/directorate/entity’s functions and responsibilities | The Court of Justice is divided into three Directorates: the Civil Courts Directorate (Civil Courts and Tribunals), the Criminal Courts Directorate (Criminal Courts and Tribunals) and the Support Services Directorate (Administration : Finance, Human Resources, Operations and Legal Services). |
General description of the categories of documents the department/directorate/entity holds (including exempt documents) | Judicial Files (including judgements) and Administrative Files. Human resources files include: employee files and applications for calls for applications. All applications of candidates who did not obtain the post are retained for a period of one year subsequent to the validity period of the relevant call for applications. |
Description of all manuals and similar types of documents which contain policies, principles, rules or guidelines in accordance with which decisions or recommendations are made in respect of members of the public (including bodies corporate and employees of the public authority in their personal capacity) | The Public Administration Act and the PSMC apply. |
Statement of the information that needs to be available to members of the public who wish to obtain access to official documents from the public authority, which statement shall include particulars of the officer or officers to whom requests for such access should be sent | FOI Officer Courts of Justice, Republic Street, Valletta, VLT 1112 25902335/25902536 |
Details of Internal Complaints Procedure | An applicant whose request for information is refused, or who is otherwise not satisfied with the information provided, its format or the extension of the deadline for the submission of the notification indicating whether a request would be met or not, may address a complaint to the Courts of Justice. The complaint should be addressed to the Director General. He will review the complaint with the help of the Directors who are responsible for the respective complaint. The officer responsible shall reply to the applicant within 10 working days from the receipt of the complaint. The applicant shall also be informed that he or she may appeal the decision or otherwise address a complaint to the Information and Data Protection Commissioner in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (Cap. 496 of the Laws of Malta). The officer responsible shall inform the applicant of the decision taken with respect to his or her complaint, and in the event of confirmation of a decision not to release the pertinent information, shall explain the reasons thereof. Whenever the applicant’s complaint is related to the format of the information provided or to an extension of the deadline for the submission of the notification indicating whether a request would be met or not by the Ministry, and the original decision is upheld, the applicant shall be given an explanation as to why his or her complaint cannot be positively addressed. An applicant may also make use of the Internal Complaints Procedure to report failure to meet deadlines or to send notifications. In those cases where the request for information can be met, but has not been met within the deadlines specified by the Act, the officer responsible shall waive any applicable fees for the submission of information. |
Other Information | Working Hours- 1 October - 15 June 07.45-16.30 16 June - 30 September 07.30-13.30 Request and Internal Complaints can be forwarded to the generic e-mail of the Freedom of Information officer at the Courts of Justice or by using the online form or via e-ID through the FOI portal foi.gov.mt. Address: Courts of Justice, Republic Street, Valletta, VLT 2000. Payments can be made in cash or by cheque to the Director General, Courts of Justice in the following address: Office of the Director General, Courts of Justice, Republic Street, Valletta, VLT 2000. |
Public Authority Contact Details | Courts of Justice Courts of Justice, Republic Street, Valletta, VLT 1112 Website: courts.gov.mt FOI Website: |