Malaga Legal News (Spain)

Before signing anything there are some important pieces of paper you and your lawyer should have a look at - Escritura Publica and Nota Simple; IBI receipt; Referencia Catastral; Community fees, statutes and minutes of the AGM; Utility bills

Many Spanish holiday home dreams are turning to nightmares as developers go to the wall unable to finance their debts. So where does that leave the buyers who’ve paid deposits to those bankrupt Spanish developers and have no home to show for it?

With 20% of all enquiries to the company relating to Spain, ReclaimYourDeposit.com has launched a ‘No Win No Fee’ service unique to this popular destination. ReclaimYourDeposit.com will take on client's cases and try to recover a dire situation.

After having tried to apply for fee-exemption since September 2009 - in order to be able to pay the 40 GBP the court charges for an appeal – a British Expat residing in Spain is about to pull out his hair in frustration. And very understandable so!

The Hastings County Court has come under the scrutiny from further afield than its local newspaper The Hastings Observer. Local MP Michael Jabez Foster has been asked to look into the affairs of District Judge Pollard.

Hastings County Court are unable to recognize the euro. Despite long standing membership of the European Union, Her Majesty's Court Service is unable and unwilling to provide legal aid for British ex-pats with non-sterling bank accounts.

If you have to claim compensation for a personal injury, accident or disease, you have no doubt suffered enough.

Many compensation claims for MRSA, dubbed the hospital ‘superbug’, are still being brought to court, even given the government’s claims that hospitals have been cleaned up and cases of MRSA have been significantly reduced in recent years.

When you think of personal injury compensation claims, you are likely to think of injuries sustained in car accidents or a slip on a wet floor. But did you know that you can claim compensation for some sports injuries?

Accidents in the workplace are all too common; whether you work in a high-risk environment or in a quiet office, some accidents are simply unavoidable.

Spanish law and accountancy firm Advoco publishes two new guides and begins a free online advice service to resolve confusion over Spanish residency requirements

Are you one of the estimated 150,000 people in the UK that suffers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? This is a distressing and debilitating condition which can hugely impair one’s quality of life.

SPANISH law and accountancy practice Advoco announced a major expansion recently in spite of recession and what it called the “lousy” image problem of Spanish lawyers among foreign residents.

Asthma can develop as a consequence of your working conditions; something which is known as occupational asthma

Last year, nearly 250,000 people were injured in road traffic accidents in the United Kingdom, either as a driver, passenger or pedestrian, involving all sorts of vehicles.

Personal injury claims can seem like a mountain to climb. Often you are still recovering from the injury and the last thing you feel capable of dealing with is bureaucracy, endless forms or a court case.

How do you fight a court order issued by a Hastings judge who didn’t do his homework? The court orders defendant to sell his property but makes it impossible, as the the courts details are not identical with the facts in the Spanish Land registry?

District Judge Pollard made a Court Order in the Hastings County Court, England that has proved to be near impossible to honour. Several years later the effects are still being felt by the respondent in this case in both financial and health terms.