The Royal Malta Yacht Club (RYMC) has been ordered by the courts to vacate its premises in Ta’ Xbiex.
This appears to have brought to a close a case that dates back to 2002.
The Malta Playing Fields Association had said, in the judgement, that on 29 August 2002, it had been given temporary emphyteusis by the government over the land in Ta’ Xbiex.
Then in 2008 the land was taken over by the government and a year later the government leased the land through an emphyteusis to the RMYC for 49 years.
The case has been in and out of the courts ever since and in 2014 the expropriation was declared null. In 2020, the club was ordered to vacate the lido by the court.
Following a series of appeals, the Appeal Court upheld the decision that meant the Royal Malta Yacht Club had two months to vacate the premises.
