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Lay Lay ordered to demolish 11 illegal houses in Attard
Lay Lay Construction Ltd ordered by Court to demolish buildings constructed on land which did not belong to it in Attard.
5 December 2012, 12:00am
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Karl Stagno-Navarra
1 min read
Court ordered Lay Lay to demolish all constructions erected within six months at the company's expense.
A construction company, Laly Lay Construction Ltd, linked to numerous land scandals during the 1980's, under the Socialist administration, has been handed an order by the Courts to demolish no less then 11 residences in Attard.
The buildings were built by Lay Lay Construction Ltd and re-sold to third parties although the company did not own the land.
This afternoon, Mr Justice Silvio Meli ordered the construction company to demolish the buildings within six months at its own expense. The houses were built on a land covering 550 square metres on land Lay Lay Construction Ltd had taken over from private owners, some 30 years ago.
The land in the Attard outskirts, which belonged to the Manduca family, was divided into plots which were sold to third parties and 11 houses were built.
The third parties who had purchased their properties from the company or from other parties were also responsible for the usurpation of the land.
In his judgment, Mr Justice Meli ruled that "it is absolutely unacceptable" that the case took 27 years to decided by the Courts.
Meli stood by a report compiled by a court appointed architect who confirmed that the land on which the residences were built in fact belonged to the Manduca family. The Court decided that the land should therefore be returned to its rightful owners.
Lay Lay Construction Ltd and the 11 homeowners are expected to appeal the Court sentence.
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Why should the home owners, who might be victims themselves of this illegal doing on the part of Lay Lay, should be responsible as well? Had the notaries in question carried out the correct research in the Public Registry, how come that they were unaware that the land did not belong to Lay Lay? If i were one of the land buyers from Lay Lay, i would have laid full trust in the notary, apparently to m y detriment.
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Are the notaries liable?
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Mr justice Silvio Meli said that this delay of 27 years waiting is totally unacceptable what is all this hogwash when he knows that that there are cases that have been pending for over 50 years and have still not yet been decided probably under his own watch. The system is fundameltally wrong we all know it so why is it that they do not change it. Could it be that maybe they do not want to change it since it be convenient to cause these absurd delays in court where a similar court case in Brussels only takes 2 years. Oh the company and clients have appealed that would take another 10 years to decide but that is our system which nobody has the aptitude or the concern that wants to recitify this system.
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Some serious court judgements at last.
