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The chief justice of Malta is the primus inter pares of the members of the Maltese judiciary and leads the business of the superior courts of Malta.
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- ↑ Judges. The Judiciary - Malta. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ↑ "Lawyers' call for changes to judiciary appointment process". Malta Today . 3 June 2019.
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