A tangle of red tape in Spain’s holiday lettings sector is leading some landlords to take the law into...
Penalties could amount to €3,000 on average (and potentially up to 18k on this specific infringement and a rental ban of up to 6 months)
Lawbird’s Antonio Flores reveals the ‘must-knows’ for S.L. company owners in Spain
SETTING up a Spanish Limited Company is a relatively straightforward process
Marbella lawyer Antonio Flores on some key procedural matters affected by Spain’s coronavirus State of Alarm decree
The measures brought in by the government will impact numerous contracts, court cases, tax applications, administrative matters, residency applications, etc.
COVID-19: Marbella Town Hall initiates path to recovery by allowing thousands of Licenses of First Occupation to be approved...
MARBELLA municipal officials have approved a revolutionary measure that will greatly prop up property sales and short-term rentals, COVID-19 permitting.
Last Monday, the spokesman for...
COVID-19: As Spain’s Ministry of Labour uncovers fraudulent redundancy schemes, Lawbird’s Antonio Flores explains ERTE
SPANISH ERTE schemes, following the trend of most European countries, allow employers to lay off or temporarily suspend workers in crisis situations.
This can be...
EXPLAINER: How to use the law in Spain against online trolls
IT is hard to accept that the internet, from which we derive so much benefit, should be so densely populated by individuals (‘trolls’) who...
EXPLAINER: What British expats in Spain need to know about the new residencia status
ON Monday July 6, 2020, the Directorate General of Migration and the Policia Nacional issued - upon application - a new residency card and, with it, a new residency status specifically created pursuant to the Withdrawal Agreement (Part Two), published jointly by the EU and the UK on November 14, 2018.
BE AWARE: The issues facing SL limited company directors in Spain
Lawyer Antonio Flores of Lawbird in Marbella on the SL limited company debts - and directors’ personal responsibility
BEWARE: What expats need to know about investment funds in Spain
THE collapse of Continental Wealth Management, an Alicante-based advisory firm, has left tens - possibly hundreds - of investors worried sick.
CWM was not...
National Spanish press slam Marbella’s growing ‘trash and noise tourism’
ALERTED by groups of neighbours suffering from a small number of establishments throwing endless daytime parties with blasting music, Spanish national TV press has...
The responsibilities of will executors in Spain
Certain obligations must be fulfilled
Brexit backlash: New ruling threatens hundreds of expats’ court cases
The effects of Brexit appear to have reached some Spanish government offices, including some courts of law
A decade of litigation
To celebrate with the Olive Press special tenth anniversary, Antonio Flores of Lawbird picks out his Top Ten Legal cases
LOCK THEM UP: Precedent set as dishonest estate agents sentenced to jail
Real estate agents should serve a minimum of two years in prison for defrauding both buyers and sellers
Getting a divorce in Spain is wildly different to the UK
Grounds for divorce differ in Spain to the UK
Illegal investments: Landmark claim against Santander bank sticks
It's the first case of its kind
Payback time for banks after Supreme Court ruling
100,000 British investors could be in line for a payout
Divorce and separation in Spain: What happens to the family home?
The family home - whether jointly or privately owned by one partner - becomes the asset that is the subject of the greatest disputes
Bribery in communities of owners in Spain
According to consumer organisations, 30% of owners communities’ managers are demanding commissions from contractors and supplier companies
Calling lazy lawyers and legal eagles into question in Spain
Redress against negligent lawyers and their insurers - also applicable to notaries, registrars and procurators - is not new
Crying out for clarity
Lawyer Antonio Flores delves into the murky world of inheritance tax and how it affects expats
Cautious celebration for Spain’s property market
Spain’s housing market is rallying, but there are still many legal loose ends to be tied, writes Antonio Flores
Presidential perks
Antonio Flores asks if presidents of communities of owners can receive remuneration?
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