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Is marijuana legal in Spain and can I REALLY grow plants at home?

THE legality of cannabis consumption and cultivation in Spain is murky, with consumption and cultivation being decriminalised, but only if done in private. To put it simply, cannabis trafficking and transportation on

17 Feb, 2024 @ 06:45

Drugs·Lead·spain

Court stops father from banning daughter’s important ear operation on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FATHER has lost a two-year court battle over stopping his young daughter getting an important ear operation. The girl has now undergone the surgery and is feeling much better after an

15 May, 2023 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Murcia·Premium·Valencian Community

Judge sides with restaurant in Spain’s Basque Country that fined three diners €510 for failing to turn up

A JUDGE in Spain’s Basque Country has sided with a restaurant after it charged three diners €510 for failing to turn up to their dinner reservation. The facts of the case date

17 Apr, 2023 @ 19:15

Food & Drink·Lead·National News

Building woes in Spain: If it’s not legal then surely it is MUST be illegal?

MANY Brits find it daunting moving to Spain. It’s not just the language barrier – often we assume that laws will be similar to our home country when it is simply not

29 Jul, 2022 @ 10:00

Lead·Legal Eagle·Property

Spain moves step closer to allowing pharmacies to dispense medical marijuana

By Livia Cockerell

23 Jun, 2022 @ 10:30

Health·Lead·National News

Restaurants and bars across Spain are now required by law to offer free tap water

FOR years campaigners have been calling for Spain to make it a legal obligation to provide free tap water on demand at bars and restaurants. While the rule was in place in

17 Apr, 2022 @ 10:30

Environment·Lead·National News·Other News

OBIT: Remembering David Searl, author of Spain’s expat bible on all legal matters, who has died aged 82

DAVID Searl, the author of expat Bible ‘You & The Law in Spain’ which provides a step by step guide to all aspects of legal matters in Spain, has died at the

25 Mar, 2022 @ 17:45

Lead·National News

British expats demand quicker action from local authorities regarding legal status of their homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HOMEOWNERS on the Camposol Urbanisation in Mazarron (Murcia) have met local politicians to thrash out solutions to problems regarding ownership of their properties. Despite a “working party” being recommended by a regional

6 Oct, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Polisario Front threatens Spanish airline with legal action over flights to the Sahara

THE NATIONALIST group Polisario Front has threatened to take legal action against Spanish airline company Binter Canarias after they resumed flights between Laâyoune and Gran Canaria. The Front released a letter on

10 Aug, 2021 @ 17:00

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

Man loses dead wife's inheritance in Spain because he started a new relationship

Court orders man to pay back his dead wife’s inheritance in Spain because he found love again

A man has lost his dead wife’s inheritance because he broke a promise not to have a relationship with another woman. A court in A Coruña ruled against the man with his

18 Jun, 2021 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead

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

3 May, 2021 @ 10:14

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems·Columnists

THE MOMENT OF TRUTH: Former Madrid regional president faces three years in prison over master’s forgery scandal

THE court case against former Madrid regional president Cristina Cifuentes over accusations that she forged her master’s degree has now entered its final stage. Cifuentes is facing up to three years and

3 Feb, 2021 @ 18:30

Lead·Madrid·National News

Jody Smart (right) arriving at Denia courthouse yesterday with her legal team

EXCLUSIVE: Expat fashion boss Jody Smart goes from catwalk queen to alleycat after probe over alleged multi-million investment fraud

A WELL-KNOWN expat fashion designer and ex-model has been grilled at a Costa Blanca court over her involvement in one of the biggest investment scams of the last few decades. Arriving in

30 Jan, 2021 @ 11:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Top Costa del Sol legal firm flying high with new Marbella office launch

The new look office will accommodate 30 members of staff and features a living ‘green’ wall alongside state of the art conference rooms

27 May, 2019 @ 20:40

Business & Finance·Lead

The costly experience of using a phony driver’s licence writes Antonio Flores

IT is a well-documented fact that the Spanish Costas’ rich variety of foreign residents increases the complexity of legal issues and driving licenses – which turn out to be fake – is

12 May, 2018 @ 16:31

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems·Lead

Spain celebrates a decade of same-sex marriage

Spain was the third country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage

29 Jun, 2015 @ 16:24

La Cultura·Lead

Crying out for clarity

Lawyer Antonio Flores delves into the murky world of inheritance tax and how it affects expats

25 Jun, 2015 @ 11:08

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems

Legal trouble over Gibraltar’s insufficient sewage works

Gibraltar's lack of a sewage treatment plant has landed the UK government in trouble with European courts

2 Apr, 2015 @ 14:30

Gibraltar

Law in action

Resolution to residency cases in record time gives hope to foreign investors, writes lawyer Antonio Flores

13 Feb, 2015 @ 09:00

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems

Things to consider when facing a divorce abroad

The top five things to consider abroad to dodge a difficult break-up, writes Frank Arndt, Managing Partner of Paradigm Family Law

24 Jan, 2015 @ 08:00

Crime & Law

Stunning expat victory againt Cajasol bank and Costa del Sol property promoter

Estepona court orders repayment of €600,000

20 Jan, 2015 @ 18:32

Crime & Law

Andalucia’s solar plant at the centre of million-euro legal battle

Andasol investors are suing Spain following solar subsidy cuts

15 Jan, 2015 @ 10:56

Environment·Lead·Other News

No hiding place?

When community fee debts from Spain come knocking on your door in Britain...

22 Dec, 2014 @ 13:09

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems·Columnists

Hacienda helicopters cracking down on undeclared developments in Andalucia

Homeowners caught face hefty fines

15 Nov, 2014 @ 08:30

Lead

Banking magnate Baron Rothschild to appear in court in victory for expats

An Alicante court has issued a writ to indict and interrogate the boss of N.M Rothschild & Sons

20 Oct, 2014 @ 11:54

Lead

Work to resume at controversial Algarrobico hotel

The 'hotel ilegal' saga has taken another twist

5 Oct, 2014 @ 16:00

Almeria·Lead