Behind bars in Spain
Antonio Flores of Marbella law firm, Lawbird, explores the controversies of a night in a cell
Expat pensioners battle banking giant ‘scam’
Elderly expats crammed into Rothschild ‘scam’ case at Marbella court
Spanish bureaucracy and tax loopholes
Antonio Flores, of Marbella-based Lawbird, explores Spain’s paperwork forests
Ways to tackle Spanish property transfer tax
With the tax rate going higher and higher, columnist Antonio Flores looks at ways to get around it
The winding road to Spanish residency
Antonio Flores examines the route to residency
British pensioners take on multinational investment company N.M. Rothschild
The pensioners claim they were mis-sold €4 million worth of fraudulent equity release schemes
The invisible man
Columnist Antonio Flores, of Lawbird, on the intricacies of tax-residency in Spain
Balancing privacy with press freedom
Columnist Antonio Flores, of Lawbird in Marbella, on how to keep the balance
Spanish police protocols
Olive Press columnist Antonio Flores, of Lawbird, explores Spanish police warrants
Clause for thought
Columnist Antonio Flores on the truth about 'watertight' clauses in Spain
Spanish tax office closes inheritance tax avoidance schemes
Olive Press columnist Antonio Flores of Lawbird gives the latest on inheritance tax
Mayor of Marbella sues top lawyer over alleged undeclared assets
Maria Angeles has accused Antonio Flores of 'professional misconduct' following recent media reports
Know your status
Antonio Flores from Lawbird looks at 10 important indicators to consider when paying tax in Spain
The banks are to blame
Lawyer Antonio Flores looks at why property buyers are the last in line to get their money back when things go wrong
Justice for superjudge
He might be brave, bright and innovative, but that does not mean Baltasar Garzon is above the law, writes Antonio Flores
Spanish court will not investigate equity release scam
Twenty expats filed claims against Scandinavian banks
Property compulsory purchase orders in Spain
With the news of a new rail line possibly going through Ronda’s celebrated tourist valley, Antonio Flores looks at what happens when a compulsory purchase order – or the ‘Mugabe school’ of
Victims of illegal equity release scam in Spain take the banks to court
A group of 25 foreign residents, who could lose their homes, have filed a lawsuit in the High Court in Madrid against the banks for crimes of fraud and false advertising
Spain’s equity release time bomb
Olive Press’ new legal eagle Antonio Flores on the defrauding of thousands of pensioners via a scheme to release capital from their homes
Expat goes up against Denmark’s biggest bank in a bid to save his Malaga home
Scottish expat takes Danske Bank to court over an equity release scheme that now threatens to leave him penniless
Spanish Ocean View that never was
Prince Albert of Monaco sucked into multi-million euro property scandal with over 100 victims