Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis, together with the Chief Executive of the Court Agency Eunice Grech Fiorini, have met with a number of practising lawyers at the Gozo Court, where they discussed the administrative challenges being faced within the building.

At the end of the meeting it was was announced that with effect from Tuesday, the 8th of June, the lawyers will continue with their legal work in the Gozo Court.

This comes after a group of 20 lawyers who would normally work within the Gozo Courts, had on Monday highlighted “failures in administration within the court,” that left them “unable to carry out their work,” their boycott, until the existing shortcomings are addressed resulted in cases having to be cancelled at the Court.

In a statement from the Justice Ministry, it said that the lawyers spoke about the challenges they are facing while also putting forward proposals on what needs to be changed.

While the Chief Executive noted all this, she spoke about the initiatives that have started to take effect from this week.

Minister Zammit Lewis expressed the Government’s willingness to strengthen the justice sector through a number of initiatives, reforms, and investments that have been made in recent months.

The Minister also praised the work of the three judges in Gozo, both in terms of quality and efficiency.

At the end of the meeting, Dr Angele Formosa said that with effect from Tuesday, the 8th of June, lawyers will continue with their legal work in the Gozo Court.

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