Articles from the firm on civil law: claims, contracts, liability and how they connect with cybercrime.
See our civil law service →Time limits to claim, why paying as friends and family leaves you unprotected, what to do when PayPal says no and how fraud is prosecuted under Spanish law.
Read article →Requirements for debt discharge after Law 16/2022, the two routes, which debts are cancelled and which are not, and what happens to the home and guarantors.
Read article →Which debts qualify, what documents are needed, how the payment demand works and what happens if the debtor pays, stays silent or opposes the claim.
Read article →Breaking and entering or usurpation, the criminal or the civil route, eviction, and what an owner must never do so as not to end up being the one reported.
Read article →The three electronic signature types under eIDAS, which one equals a handwritten one, and why in a dispute it is the evidence that decides, not the signature.
Read article →If your account has been emptied through phishing or a bank impersonation scam, the payment services law requires the bank to refund unauthorised transactions unless you were grossly negligent. Here is when you have a...
Read article →In Spain you can't freely disinherit your children or spouse: the law reserves them a portion, the forced share (legítima). If a will leaves you out, you may have a lot to claim. And in Galicia, its own rules apply.
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