The Ministry for Justice and Local Government is the Ministry which is spearheading the development of the information society and the e-Government programme in Malta.

Since its establishment in 1999, the Ministry has embarked on a radical re-organisation programme in the field of the administration of justice. Besides the organisational and human resources streams, this re-organisation also focused on the potential of information and communications technologies in the delivery of court services to its clients.

In fact, the Ministry invested heavily in a Law Courts computerisation programme. The administrative processes are now computerised with minimal intervention in the daily processes. This development has contributed to:

• Reduction in administrative overheads
• Reduction of excessive red tape dictated by unnecessary bureaucracy
• Better services to the internal and external clients of the Law Courts
• Elimination of discretionary powers which emanated from loopholes in the manual systems

The Ministry is also striving to exploit its website to provide Court Services to its clients. These services will converge the ease of use of the Internet and the information-management capability of the Law Courts to offer a myriad of services, which previously had to be accessed in person from the Law Courts buildings.

This website offers a wide range of Court Services intended for use by the Judiciary, members of the legal profession, students, researchers, the press and also the general public. These services are grouped under four categories:

Sentenzi Online
Civil Cases
Hall Usage
Statistics