Awla.

Terms of use

Last updated 12 September 2026.

1. Who we are

Awla (awla.mt) is operated by Matthew Farrugia, an individual trading as Awla, [postal address], Malta ("Awla", "we"). Contact: hello@awla.mt.

2. What these terms cover

These terms apply to the Awla website, its newsletters, and the Awla reference tools (the citator, the appeal history and the line-of-authority tables). By using any of them you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use Awla.

Awla provides legal information for legal practitioners. It is not legal advice, and no lawyer-client relationship arises from using it. Awla does not refer clients to lawyers and is not associated with any advocate or law firm. Read the Notice.

4. Accounts

You may need an account to read some content. Keep your sign-in link and email account secure. You are responsible for what happens under your account. One account is for one person. A firm plan states how many named users it covers.

5. Plans and payment

Free content is free. Paid plans are a flat subscription, billed monthly or yearly in advance through Stripe. Prices are shown on the site and include VAT where VAT applies. You may cancel at any time; your access runs to the end of the period you have paid for. We do not refund part-periods, except where the law requires it.

If you are a consumer under Maltese law and buy a paid plan at a distance, you have fourteen days to withdraw. By starting a paid plan you ask us to begin the service at once and accept that, once the service has begun, you lose the right to withdraw for that period.

We may change prices. We will tell you by email at least thirty days before a change takes effect for you.

6. What you may do

You may read, search, print and save content for your own professional use and for advising your own clients. You may quote from Awla with attribution.

7. What you may not do

You may not copy the tables or write-ups in bulk, scrape the site, resell or republish the content, share your account, or build a competing service from Awla's content. You may not use Awla to harass or defame anyone named in a judgment. Court judgments themselves are public records and these terms do not restrict your use of the courts' own texts.

8. Content and accuracy

Awla's tables are produced by software reading published judgments and are checked, but not guaranteed. Awla may miss a citation, mispair an appeal, or misread a verdict. Where Awla is less sure, the entry says so. Always read the judgment itself before relying on it. Awla may correct, add or remove content at any time.

9. Availability

We aim to keep Awla available but do not promise it. We may take the service down for maintenance or for reasons outside our control.

10. Liability

To the extent the law allows, Awla is not liable for any loss arising from use of, or reliance on, the site, the newsletters or the tools, including loss of profit, loss of a case, or professional liability. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded under Maltese law. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid Awla in the twelve months before the claim.

11. Ending your account

You may close your account at any time from the account page. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, with notice where practical.

12. Privacy

How we handle personal data is in the Privacy policy.

13. Changes to these terms

We may change these terms. We will post the new version here with a new date and, for material changes, email subscribers. Continued use after the date means you accept the new terms.

14. Law and courts

These terms are governed by the laws of Malta. Disputes go to the courts of Malta. If you are a consumer in another EU country, you keep the protections of your own law and may use the EU online dispute resolution platform.