The Spanish Supreme Court has recently said that YOU DO, since reception by the City Council does not mean the assumption of ownership of common services which continue to be shared ownership. And that is when: 1.- The plot or housing of the owners concerned is located...
No, you cannot. As a Juridical person (i.e. a Mercantile Company) your company does not have the profile of a consumer according to the law. Consumers or users according to the law are the natural persons who act with a purpose outside their business, commercial...
Council of Ministers, on a proposal from the Minister of Justice, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, has today approved three draft legislations to adapt Spanish legislation with European legislation in order to be able to exchange information on criminal records and criminal judgments in the field of the...
The Spanish Supreme Court has recently ruled the verdict number 1626 / 2008 (case "Roche") and concluded that the activity of manufacturing and sales promotion undertaken by Roche Vitamins, S.A. (RV), a Spanish branch of the Swiss company Roche Vitamins Europe Ltd. (RVE) constitute a...
The Spanish Supreme Court’s judgement recently published is bringing a somehow renewed and fresh approach in this matter and is based on the idea that the consumer’s defence on a house’s purchase is performed through a set of legal rules not only previous but also...
The Spanish Supreme Court establishes new jurisprudence with two unequivocal verdicts that revolutionize the current legal doctrine: the Tax Office will not enter into a company’s offices to request data if not authorized by the company’s legal representative or the court. Link to one of the...
In a verdict released several days ago, the Chamber of civil matters of the High Court partially admits the appeal filed by the Spanish Organization of consumers and users (OCU) against the decision of the provincial court of Madrid who had declared as valid several...
The verdict concludes that to include a person “in a registry of bad debtors without credibility is an illegitimate attack against one’s reputation since such an accusation of being a defaulting debtor harms the dignity of the person, injures his reputation and impairs the person’s...