Gozo court cases held up by payments backlog

Experts appointed by the Gozo courts have not been paid for their services for many years, leading them to refuse to submit their reports. The payment backlog and the resulting boycott is causing long delays in cases that require expert reports to proceed, sources told Times of Malta. Several court experts contacted by this newspaper confirmed they had not been paid for years, some saying they had pending bills dating to 2007. The situation was flagged in a passing comment made by the Judiciary in their reaction to the first consultation document prepared by the Commission on the Holistic Reform of the Justice System. Full story in The Times of Malta and the e-paper on timesofmalta.com Premium.