Joanne Vella Cuschieri (born in 1976 in Mellieha) is a Maltese judge.Judges. The Judiciary - Malta. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
Vella Cuschieri graduated in law in 2001, after which she practiced as a lawyer, including by serving as a legal consultant to Malta's General Workers' Union and the Union of Technical and Clerical within the planning authority since 2005.Times of Malta, 3 Mar 2014
She contested the 2013 Maltese general election for Joseph Muscat's Labour, without being elected.
In 2014 she was appointed as a MagistrateMalta Independent, March 2014 by Justice Minister Owen Bonnici, whom Daphne Caruana Galizia reported was her "close friend".Caruana Galizia's Running Commentary, Jan 2017 Vella Cuschieri's promotion was challenged in court by the NGO Repubblika, who claimed the procedure did not follow the recommendations of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission aimed at removing the discretion of the Prime Minister in the appointment of members of Malta's judiciary.Manuel Delia, Oct 2019
See also Judiciary of Malta
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