Popular lawyer George Cutajar passed away Wednesday evening, aged 52, after a long illness.

Dr Cutajar was for a time an activist in the Nationalist Party.

He was a victim of a bomb attempt on his life in the 1980s.

Tributes have been flowing in on his Facebook page since the news of his death became known.

On Thursday, in some of the courtrooms, a minute's silence was observed in memory of Dr Cutajar.

The Malta Independent expresses its condolences to the family of Dr Cutajar, who was an avid and regular reader of this portal.

Dr Cutajar's funeral will be held on Saturday at 9am at the Mdina Cathedral.