Music promoter Grace Borg has appealed a court decision which had dismissed her claim for compensation by PBS for allegedly violating a contract she had had with Malta Song For Europe contest winner Thea Falzon Garrett.

Ms Borg said PBS had worked with the singer despite knowing of her contract with Exotique Record Label (A company owned by Ms Borg).

Ms Borg also denied declarations by the first court that her court actions were meant to demoralise Falzon Garrett. The court actions were instituted solely to safeguard legal interests, Ms Borg said. The fact that the singer had been a minor at the time did not mean that a legally valid contract should be ignored.

The first court had found that that there was no contractual agreement and Ms Falzon Garrett was needlessly brought into the case.

It was clear that there was serious disagreement between the promoters and the singer and their relationship had ended before the Eurosong Contest, the court said,

It was ironic that while the singer had entered the contest with the song My Dream, this had proved to be a nightmare for a young woman, who found herself in the midst of a legal battle over a contract she had never signed, and a warrant of seizure for a considerable sum, when she was supposed to be focussing on the song contest, the court had said.

The warrant of seizure for €15,000 was issued the night before the show in Malta, the court observed.

Just before the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Ms Borg applied for a second warrant of seizure, this time for €18,333.

These, the court said, were nothing more than manoeuvres aimed at demoralising the singer and cause her unnecessary anxiety. As a result she had also lost sponsorships from Go and Debenhams.