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Mortgage, loans and rent during COVID-19
During this emergency time regulations are also in emergency. This article tries to explain easily the Spanish government measures with regards to mortgages and rent and other loans with no guarantee during COVID-19 emergency time. COVID-19 Spanish basic...
How COVID-19 affects child/ren joint custody and visiting rights?
This article talks about the consequences of COVID-19 measures’ on child/ren's joint custody and visiting rights of separated or divorced couples. COVID-19 and family law warning Family law is not an area of my expertise. However, I think it is useful to try to...
Handwritten or holograph will
This article explains the possibility according to the Spanish law of making a valid will with minimum formalities and no witnesses. Why making a handwritten will? In these exceptional times we are living some people can feel the urge to make a will in a rush...
Revolving credit cards
This article comments the last Spanish Supreme Spanish Supreme Court ruling of March the 4th 2020 on usurious interest rate on credit cards. What is usury? Nowadays usury is defined as illegal or unproportionate rate to loans. See for instance this definition....
IRPH ruling
This article comments on the European Union Court of Justice ruling of March the 3rd 2020 on the eventual abusive mis selling of the IRPH variable interest rate in Spanish mortgages. The ruling After all the expectation we finally have the IRPH ruling which you...
Covid-19 notice JMSLAWYER
Dear all, This is a reminder of the emergency situation we are in since March the 14th that Spain is literally closed including non essential businesses (food suppliers, health services, public order, etc). The emergency declaration of the State can be found...
House reputation
This articles talks about how the house reputation affects conveyncing process in Spain. House reputation According to the Cambridge English Dictionary “reputation” means the opinion that people have about someone or something. So the house reputation is the...
BREACH OF CONTRACT AND SPANISH PROPERTY (ii)
What happens if a property buyer do not pay the price in time according to the Spanish law. What happens if a buyer doesn’t pay the full purchase price for a property on time? As strange as it may seem, this situation whereby the person buying a property fails...
BREACH OF CONTRACT AND SPANISH PROPERTY (i)
This article outlines the nature of a ‘sale and purchase’ type contract as used in Spanish property transactions. It outlines the nature of a ‘breach’ of contract and the right to cancel for the party which has fulfilled its’ obligations. Breach of contract...
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