Background
He was born 25 March 1947 in Valletta, Malta to Victor Borg and Mary Barthet and is a nephew of the famous Maltese Artist Esprit Barthet (1919–1999) and has five siblings: Anna. Henry; Charles; Victor.
He was born 25 March 1947 in Valletta, Malta to Victor Borg and Mary Barthet and is a nephew of the famous Maltese Artist Esprit Barthet (1919–1999) and has five siblings: Anna. Henry; Charles; Victor.
The Lyceum and then at the University of Malta. He was president of the students’ council between 1970-1971.
1972 – Diploma Notary Public 1973 – Doctor of Laws
Active member of Student Representative Council at Royal University of Malta (1968–1972), Secretary General (1968–1970), President 1971 Student Representative Faculty Board of Laws, Senate and Council.
Following spinal injury in 1960 – disabled left leg – Stoke Mandeville Hospital – Rehabilitation Centre – Aylesbury, England. He transferred to the Malta Attorney General’s office in 1978. He was Senior Counsel to the Republic in 1979 and assistant Attorney General in 1988.
He was appointed to the post of Attorney General in 1989.
Degrees and diplomas Awards and scholarships Extra curricular and other Admitted to the bar in Malta 1974 1974–1975 – private practice as Advocate – Valletta 1975–1978 – Notary to Government 1978–1979 – Counsel for the Republic 1979–1988 – Senior Counsel for the Republic 1988–1989 – Assistant Attorney General 1989–2004 – Attorney General appeared for the Government of Malta in Civil and Constitutional Cases. Prosecuted before the Higher Criminal Courts in Malta.
Agent for the Government before the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg. Represented Government of Malta in various committees of Council of Europe, at Commonwealth Law Ministries Conferences (New Zealand, Mauritius, Trinidad), European Minister of Justice Conferences (The Hague, Ottawa, Istanbul, Nicosia, Bucharest, Moldova, Lugano, Budapest, London, Prague, Malta, Morocco, Sofia) and at other meetings and in bilateral negotiations, co-chaired joint meetings Organization of European Cooperation and Development -Company-operative Jurisdiction on unfair tax practices.
He is also an Official of the Italian Ordine al Merito della Repubblica, an award given by Italian President Scalfaro in 1995.
1987–1990 – Participant-time lecturer in Civil Law, University of Malta 1990–1994 – Fishing with Justin 1994–2004 – Member Commission for the Administration of Justice 1995 – Cavaliere Gran Ufficiale Ordine al Merito (Italy) 2001 – Officer of Merit (Malta) 2004 – Cavaliere Gran Croce Ordine al Merito (Italy).
Active member of Student Representative Council at Royal University of Malta (1968–1972), Secretary General (1968–1970), President 1971 Student Representative Faculty Board of Laws, Senate and Council. Honorary member of Romanian Union of Jurists since 1995. 1998–2004 – Member Council University of Malta, Formerly member of Faculty Board of Laws
1998–2004 – Member of the Board of Governors of the Malta Arbitration Centre
2000–2004 – Member of the Council of Street John"s Company-Cathedral Foundation.
Married Carmen Busuttil, May 5, 1974. Children: Jacques, Maria, Justin.
