The Court of Appeal this morning confirmed a Magistrate's Court decision that Joseph Cala had libelled John Cassar White and Christopher Bell, former chairman and chief executive officer of Malta Shipyards Ltd, respectively.
The Magistrates Court had found libellous an article "Cala Corporation Ceases Negotiations with Malta Shipyards", published online on www.euroinvestor.co.uk/news in May 2007 and repeated on www.di-ve.com and www.maltamedia.com.
The Court of Appeal also confirmed the 10,000 euro sum of damages, payable to both plaintiffs.
Dr Andrew Borg-Cardona appeared for the plaintiffs