摘要：This paper discusses the turbulent development of
Maltese Administrative Law regulating a development permission
revocation as it has evolved since 1894 to date, highlighting the
diverse conflicting interpretations given by Maltese courts and the
lack of a consistent approach regarding this subject. This study
deals with the pertinent laws and case law during the past 112
years, which period is being divided into four distinct phases.
Although various attempts have been made, both by the legislature
and the judiciary, to bring about legal certainty regarding the law
on development permission revocation and the consequences in so
far as governmental liability and judicial review of administrative
action are concerned, the end result appears to have been the
obverse. This aspect of Administrative Law thus needs to be
reviewed in depth so that in the years to come the applicable law
on development permission revocation is suitably reformed.
