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Guides to civil, labor, criminal and family procedures. Legal AI and legal technology for lawyers.
Key differences between contested and mutual consent divorce in Spain: requirements, timelines, costs, and step-by-step filing guide.
Complete guide to shared custody in Spain: legal requirements, Supreme Court criteria, parenting plans, and key case law.
Complete guide to modifying post-divorce measures: Art. 775 LEC requirements, substantial change of circumstances, and step-by-step procedure.
Everything about child support in Spain: CGPJ table calculations, challenges, CPI adjustments, and non-compliance penalties (Art. 227 CP).
Complete guide on employment payment claims in Spain: deadlines, conciliation, lawsuits, and how to recover unpaid wages step by step.
Everything about substantial modification of working conditions (MSCT): what it is, worker options, deadlines, and legal challenges under Art. 41 ET.
Differences between criminal complaint and private prosecution in Spain: requirements, where to file, limitation periods, and costs.
Guide to private prosecution in Spain: legal standing, Victim Statute, civil liability from crime, and fast-track trials. Arts. 109-110 LECrim.
Complete guide to administrative litigation in Spain: prerequisites, deadlines, abbreviated and ordinary procedures, injunctions, and standing.
Guide to insolvency proceedings in Spain: pre-insolvency, phases, effects on contracts and workers, second chance, and key TRLC deadlines.
Complete guide to the Spanish civil ordinary trial: phases, deadlines, claim, answer, preliminary hearing and judgment under the LEC.
Step-by-step guide to the Spanish civil verbal trial: claim, defence, oral hearing, judgment and differences with the ordinary trial.
Practical guide to payment order proceedings in Spain: requirements, petition, debtor options, conversion to trial and enforcement.
Complete guide to eviction for non-payment of rent: claim, enervation, opposition, eviction and rights of landlords and tenants.
Practical guide to enforcing final judgments in Spain: enforcement application, seizure, auction, opposition and mortgage foreclosure.
Complete guide to civil appeals in Spain: deadlines, filing brief, grounds, cassation and procedural strategy under the LEC.
Everything about fast-track criminal proceedings in Spain: applicable offenses, deadlines, plea agreements with sentence reductions, rights of the accused, and processing before the duty court.
Complete guide to plea agreements in Spanish criminal law: full, partial, and rewarded pleas, sentence reductions, procedural timing, gender violence cases, and Supreme Court case law.
Complete guide to cybercrimes in Spain: computer fraud (Art. 248.2 Criminal Code), unauthorized system access (Art. 197 bis), computer damage (Art. 264), sexting, grooming, territorial jurisdiction, and digital evidence.
How to challenge General Meeting and Board resolutions: void vs voidable resolutions, standing, limitation periods, resolutions contrary to corporate interest, and interim relief.
Complete guide to state liability in Spain: requirements, procedure, 1-year deadline, damage quantification, administrative silence, judicial review, and common cases in healthcare, roads, and urban planning.
Practical guide to drafting a civil or labor lawsuit with specialized legal AI. From procedure selection to the final brief with verified BOE and CENDOJ citations.
Guide to fast-track eviction for non-payment of rent: legal requirements, verbal trial deadlines, enervation, step-by-step process and party rights.
Everything about the fast-track criminal trial: when it applies, defendant rights, procedure phases, deadlines, and the role of the duty lawyer under the LECrim.
Practical guide to administrative appeals in Spain: recurso de alzada, recurso de reposición, deadlines, administrative silence, and the contentious-administrative route.
Guide to challenging administrative penalties in Spain: procedural defects, proportionality principle, administrative appeal, contentious-administrative review, and case law.
Step-by-step guide to debt collection in Spain. Pre-judicial phase (burofax), payment order procedure (Art. 812 LEC), verbal and ordinary proceedings, asset seizure, deadlines and procedural strategy.
Practical guide to the civil cassation appeal in Spain. Requirements, deadlines, casacional interest, format, and tips to avoid rejection. Arts. 477-489 LEC.
Guide to marriage annulment in Spain. Grounds, difference from divorce, canonical vs civil, effects, standing, and deadlines. Arts. 73-80 CC.
Updated guide to insolvency proceedings in Spain: TRLC 2020, subjective and objective requirements, pre-insolvency (Art. 583 TRLC), procedural phases, special rules for self-employed and SMEs, 2022 reform, and timelines.
Complete guide to work and residence permits in Spain: LOEX 4/2000 and RD 557/2011, social roots (3 years), labor roots (2 years), family roots, initial authorization, renewal, long-term residence (5 years), entrepreneur visa, EU Blue Card, and common rejection reasons.
Complete guide to claiming road accident compensation in Spain: 2026 official scale, deadlines, pre-litigation steps, and how to maximize your payout.
Complete guide to workplace harassment (mobbing) in Spain: legal definition, types, how to prove it, Labour Inspectorate complaint, lawsuit, and compensation amounts.
Technical guide to the Spanish civil cassation appeal before the Supreme Court: Art. 477 LEC, casational interest, 20-day deadline, inadmissibility grounds, and drafting technique.
Updated 2026 guide on Spanish mortgage expense claims: notary, registry, agency, valuation and stamp duty. What the Supreme Court ruled, how to claim out-of-court and applicable limitation periods.
Everything you need to know about consensual divorce in Spain: regulatory agreement, property division, custody, maintenance and timelines. Updated 2026.
Complete guide to filing an ordinary civil claim in a Spanish court: claim structure, territorial and objective jurisdiction, formal requirements, documentation and deadlines. Updated 2026.
What to do when dismissed: conciliation filing, claim before the labour court, conciliation hearing and unfair dismissal compensation calculation (33 days/year). Timelines and strategy.
The Spanish Supreme Court has consolidated shared custody as the preferred arrangement when beneficial to the child. We analyse the criteria from STS 257/2013 and subsequent rulings through 2025: distance between homes, parental communication capacity and child's wishes.
The compensatory pensión (Art. 97 CC) offsets the economic imbalance divorce creates for one spouse. We analyse the Supreme Court criteria for fixing its amount, temporal or indefinite nature, and extinction grounds including new cohabitation.
Liquidation of the community property regime (Arts. 1344-1410 CC) is one of the most complex divorce processes. We analyse which assets are community property and which are separate, how common charges and debts are calculated, and the inventory and allocation process.
Everything about ERTE in 2026: types (ETOP and force majeure), approval procedure, unemployment benefit during ERTE, contributions, penalties and alternatives to collective redundancy.
Updated guide to claiming floor clauses back in 2026: CJEU ruling of 21 December 2016, full retroactivity, out-of-court vs. judicial route, limitation period and Supreme Court case law.
Practical guide to Spain’s monitorio procedure: requirements, documents, opposition deadline, conversion to ordinary or small-claims trial, and legal costs. Arts. 812-818 LEC.
Complete guide to the Spanish pre-claim labour conciliation hearing (SMAC/SIMA): when mandatory, how to request, what happens if the employer fails to appear, timelines, effects of agreement and exemptions.
Complete guide to permanent disability in Spain (Arts. 193-200 LGSS): the 4 degrees (IPP, IPT, IPA, Grand Invalidity), pensión calculation, regulatory base, compatibility with work and INSS procedure timelines.
The professional athlete employment contract has a special regime since 1985. We analyse its features: máximum duration, termination, release clause and training rights.
Anti-doping in Spain combines the WADA World Code, RD 641/2009 and Law 3/2013 AEPSAD. We explain the sanctioning procedure and how to appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Environmental impact assessment is a prior requirement for many industrial and infrastructure projects. We explain the ordinary and simplified procedure, deadlines, content of the environmental impact study and appeals against the EIA declaration.
Complete guide to administrative judicial review in Spain: prior route, caducidad deadlines, competent court, procedures, interim measures and enforcement. LJCA 29/1998.
The payment order procedure allows claiming matured and enforceable monetary debts of any amount without an ordinary trial. Deadlines, required documents, debtor opposition and subsequent enforcement.
Analysis of interim measures in Spanish administrative proceedings: suspensión of the challenged act (art. 129 LJCA), periculum in mora, fumus boni iuris, caution and urgent injunctions.
Guide to the extraordinary appeal for procedural infringement (REP) before the Supreme Court: TS/TSJ jurisdiction, grounds under art. 469 LEC, incongruence, defencelessness, breach of art. 24 CE.
Complete guide to criminal cassation appeal before the Supreme Court: grounds (arts. 849-852 LECrim), error of law, procedural breach, factual error and preparation of the appeal.
Complete guide to summary proceedings (juicio verbal) under the LEC: máximum amount, cases subject to verbal procedure, filing the claim, oral hearing and appeals.
Complete guide to declaring heirs when there is no will in Spain: notarial procedure (Ley 15/2015), intestate succession order under CC, timelines, documents and key distinctions.
Practical guide to alternative dispute resolution in Spain: mediation (Ley 5/2012), arbitration (Ley 60/2003), arbitration clauses, enforcement of awards and key differences from court proceedings.
Complete guide to recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in Spain: Law 29/2015, procedure before first instance courts, requirements, grounds for refusal and EU regime (Brussels I bis).
Analysis of grounds for termination of residential tenancy (LAU art. 27): rent non-payment, expiry, breach termination, eviction for expiry, RD-law 6/2023 reform and case law.
Guide to civil cassation appeal to the Spanish Supreme Court: art. 477 LEC, legal interest grounds, contradictory court decisions, incorrect application of Supreme Court doctrine, grounds, deadlines and preparation brief.
Everything about civil appeals in Spain: grounds, deadlines, appeal brief, cross-appeal, hearing and ruling. Arts. 455-467 LEC 2000 updated 2026.
Full comparison between consensual and contested divorce: requirements, procedure, child arrangements, pensions, and Supreme Court criteria.
Practical guide to administrative appeals in Spain: deadlines, prior requirements, ordinary and abbreviated procedure, and interim measures.
Everything about traffic offences in Spain: classification, fine amounts, early payment discount, points deduction and procedure for challenging the penalty notice.
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