Calls to remove the long-standing distinction between magistrates and judges in Malta have intensified, with former justice minister Edward Zammit Lewis, Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti, and retired judge Toni Abela advocating for equal pay and recognition for magistrates. The legal community has increasingly questioned the necessity of maintaining differences in salary, protocol, and working conditions between magistrates and judges, arguing that the current hierarchy may no longer reflect the complexity of work performed by magistrates....

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