Worker awarded €323,405 compensation

Louis Borg

Oct 29th 2009, 13:14

If the responsibility of the accident was decided in 2003, what kept the courts to work out the compensation? Is it that complicated? I just can't understand our courts. If I arrive late for a hearing, I am fined. If a judge or magistrate shows up late or worse, does not show up at all, nobody fines him, or even blink an eye. Ten years to take a decision and award damages, is a way too long. Wake up dear goverment, and either make more judges and magistrates, or make them work like we normal working citizins do, for a living.

Reuben Abela

Oct 29th 2009, 13:11

if i'm not mistaken the amount is calculated using a formula that takes in consideration the number of years left before retirement and the wage at the time of the accident... the 83 cents left in the total amount would mean that there was no rounding up or down.

James Genovese

Oct 28th 2009, 18:18

@Giov DeMartino

simple answer..... ghal tal-linja haha :)

GiovDeMartino

Oct 27th 2009, 17:57

Nixtieq xi hadd ifehemni kif gew u mnejn gew dawk it-83 eurocentezmi

J Micallef

Oct 27th 2009, 16:27

I agree with Chris Hudson up to a point. Criminal cases need to have evidence and robust forensic results in order to stand in court. Moreover, some 'cooling period' may be required between the alleged criminal act and the hearing of the case to ensure the impartiality of the Jury/Judge/etc.

However, in clear cut cases of accidents, delays truly mean justice denied. The injured person may have lived through hell - image if he were a family man and could not work, with kids needing to go school or whatever.

c. camilleri

Oct 27th 2009, 15:29

Is ten yrs not a long time for Brian to get what is justly his? What stop the court from establishing the damage in 2003? And we find courts officials offended when they hear that people have lost confidence in our courts. Dispropja grace

D Schembri

Oct 27th 2009, 14:28

Well, I think everything falls short of what one would expect in a modern state.... and I would not call Malta a modern state anyway.

Chris Hudson

Oct 27th 2009, 13:02

Regardless of the details of this case, one has to wonder if such inordinately long delays in the delivery of justice actually means that justice is not done at all. True justice for all sides in a casedepneds in no small part on timeliness. On the one hand, people having allegations made against them must be permitted to give answers within months rather years, and both criminal and civil cases lose credibility and to some extent validity when they drag on over years. The justice system in our country must be overhauled with a focus on reducing the time in which cases are heard. The current situation is failing to deliver justice and is undermining faith in the system; furthermore it falls well short of what is exected in a modern state.