In law, nullity is defined as the lack of force, value or effect of an act for not having been performed in accordance with the laws in force. This gives us an...
Some couples marry before having children. There are also those who prefer to register only as unmarried partners. However, it is an inescapable reality that...
Pre-trial detention and pre-trial detention are precautionary measures which, as their names suggest, deprive the accused or person under investigation of their...
The offence of injury established by the Penal Code seeks to punish all those who cause bodily, physical and mental harm to other people. However, since neither...
All employees have the same concerns: " What happens if I get fired while I am on sick leave, do I still get paid, am I entitled to unemployment benefits? The...
' Mobbing' is a concept used to define harassment at work. However, it is often misused. Moreover, nowadays, it is specified in the legislation, so that workers...
The neighbours that make up the community of owners are legally obliged to pay the community fees set by the board. This is established in article 9 of the...
We are all used to hearing about ' final judgement' in any judicial process. But do we really know what this concept is and how long it takes to come about...
It is never a good idea to hide or make your assets disappear in order to avoid paying a debt. The reason? You are committing the offence of concealment as...
Many people suffer from repeated harassment by a third party, which leads to severe changes in the way they go about their daily lives. In this case, it is...
Compensation for current dismissal The compensation for unfair dismissal, as our labour lawyers inform us, is currently regulated in article 56 of the Workers'...
Substantial modification of working conditions in an employment contract can occur in any company and to any employee. This is a frequent question for...
A person who conceals or, alternatively, makes all or part of his assets disappear in order to prevent a creditor from collecting a debt owed to him is...
After a separation or divorce, either by mutual agreement or by court decision, parents can follow a shared custody regime over their minor or incapacitated...
In recent years and nowadays, with the advent of technology, mobile phones, social networks, etc., there have been more and more cases of harassment, and it is...
It is not uncommon to hear the legal terms libel and slander on many television programmes. However, it is not common for the difference between the two to be...
The third of free disposition is that which a subject can dispose of at his free will at the time of making a will. By this we mean that it is totally...
We are all used to hearing about restraining orders. It is a precautionary measure aimed at preventing the commission of a crime and is therefore extremely...
Divorce by mutual consent, also known as amicable or consensual divorce, is a legal institution regulated in the Civil Code and in the Civil Procedure Act that...
There are two types of people. First, we refer to those who value stability and who, when they find a good job, try to keep it at all costs. However, there are...
The express divorce has become the formula most used by couples at the moment of breaking the marital union they had, regardless of whether or not children were...
The relationship between parents and children is a right that both parents and children have. This problem is very common in the family process following a...
Labour subrogation is undoubtedly one of the issues that generates most uneasiness and doubts among workers. This is normal. After all, it means that the...
Non-compliance with visiting arrangements is the cause of a large number of lawsuits filed in Spanish courts. In fact, it is a fairly frequent problem and one...
Senior management contracts, i.e. those intended for people who are going to occupy positions of great importance within the management team of companies, have...
The offence of forgery, due to its overtly technical nature, is not very well understood, at least not accurately, by most people. In order to fully understand...
Driving under the influence of alcohol can have serious consequences. Depending on the driver's blood alcohol level, it can be considered a mere administrative...
Separation of property is an increasingly popular matrimonial property regime in Spain. In fact, there are already several autonomous communities in which it is...
All of us, at some point in our lives, have the right to inherit property. This may come from our parents, siblings or even from children or more distantly...
Divorce is the legal act aimed at dissolving the marital union between two people and allowing them to remarry whomever they wish. However, this term is also...
When two people decide to apply for divorce proceedings, a series of long-term premises must be agreed upon regarding the regulation of behaviour in the family...
It is a very big step to be clear about when to start divorce proceedings, and there are many aspects to be taken into account. Many couples who start divorce...
What happens if you don't show up for a trial you have been summoned to? Without a doubt, whether it is an appearance as a complainant, accused or witness, this...
There are numerous cases that a law firm receives, where drivers of vehicles on the road exceed the legal limits allowed for alcohol consumption in a traffic...
A manager is not an ordinary worker in a company. This is the reason why, when it comes to dismissing them, it is necessary to take into account special...
The divorce of a couple is always a difficult time for the spouses. For the children, however, it is often even worse. After all, they no longer have daily...
The crime of fraud, on many occasions, is quite difficult to determine due to its intrinsic characteristics and what is included in our Penal Code. However...
The death of a person is a complicated situation in every sense of the word for those close to them. Beyond sentimental issues and personal ties with them...
Generally, when we think of criminal liability arising from the commission of crimes, we all think of it as being the property of natural persons. However...
There are times when, to care for a child or other family member or for any other reason, an employee wishes to temporarily interrupt the employment...
Taking custody of a child away from a parent is probably the most important aspect of any separation or divorce agreement. This is mainly because judges always...
The death of a loved one is an event that is always a sensitive and painful time for all family members. In addition, right after, it is time to settle the...
When a person dies, an inheritance is opened, understood as the transmission to the heirs of all the rights and obligations of the deceased. However, it is not...
Many people find it difficult to understand the difference between gender-based violence and domestic violence. In fact, it is not uncommon for the two terms to...
Many people, at some point in their lives, have found themselves in a compromising situation that has led them to have a criminal or police record. This, as you...
Severe fibromyalgia is difficult to diagnose accurately, but when it does occur, it usually results in a series of very problematic symptoms that prevent the...
In this article we explain who the forced heirs are and the relationship they have with the reserved portion as determined in article 806 of the Civil Code...
Imagine you have a couple of friends, they are married and have two small children. The woman suddenly leaves home, leaving the family home. You probably think...
Breaking and entering is a crime that is the subject of countless American films. This makes it seem almost fictional to many people. However, it is...
A will is the document by which a person decides how his or her assets will be distributed after death. However, although all legal experts in the field...
Under Spanish law, all victims of a criminal offence are entitled to claim compensation for damages. After all, any aggression entails physical, psychological...
Victims of criminal offences have a series of rights during the judicial proceedings and even after the proceedings have taken place. All of them are set out in...
Acceptance with benefit of inventory is one of the concepts that raises the most doubts regarding the collection of inheritances. But what exactly is it and how...
Extinction of condominium What is the extinction of condominium? It seems a complicated term to understand, but the concept is not really that complicated...
When we think of the termination of an employment contract, we usually think of the situation in which the employer decides to terminate the employment of an...
Public health is a judicial asset that refers to the defence of collective well-being, i.e., of society as a whole. In fact, it is protected in Article 43.2 of...
When two persons or companies, as well as a company and a person, sign a contract, they both undertake to perform what is specified in the contract. In other...
The guardianship and custody of minors is a legal concept that revolves around the care, assistance and cohabitation with them. It is regulated in the Civil...
We are all habitual consumers. In fact, our whole life revolves around the consumption of products. The shopping basket, the Internet service provider, the...
Termination with severance pay by the employee allows you to terminate the employment contract voluntarily and receive compensation. Let's look at a quick...
What types of matrimonial property regime are there? When two people decide to get married, it is advisable to choose the matrimonial property regime in which...
Article 29 of the Workers' Regulation obliges the company to pay workers' wages on time and not exceeding one month. Even so, in many cases, companies fail to...
Leaving home, when there is a marital relationship involved, is a very serious matter and entails a number of legal consequences. Since the subject is quite...
There are many reasons why it makes sense to make gifts from parents and children instead of waiting until death and the subsequent distribution of the...
Alimony and compensatory alimony are two of the issues that generate most controversy when separation and divorce take place. It is usually not easy to be clear...
What to do when you are made redundant? This is undoubtedly a situation that no worker wants to live through, but that most have to face at some point in their...
Leaving a job Leaving a job (or tactical resignation) is the personal choice of an employee, without prior notice, not to continue his or her employment...
In case of separation or divorce, parents who do not have custody of their minor children have the right to visit and communicate with them. This is the so...
The voluntary notice of termination is a document that the worker must present when he/she wants to terminate the employment relationship with the company...
Shared custody has been a hot topic for quite a few years now. The reason? Mainly because more and more parents are demanding greater participation in the...
El recurso de alzada, según la Ley 29/2015, es el medio de impugnación establecido para todos aquellos actos administrativos que no ponen fin a la vía...
According to the latest data provided by the CGPJ (General Council of the Judiciary), in 2020, 95,060 divorce, separation and annulment cases were processed in...
Easements in law are an interesting but complex concept. For this reason, it is quite common for property owners to turn to specialised lawyers for advice on...
Any employer, whenever one of his employees commits a series of faults stipulated as serious in the Workers' Statute, has the power to unilaterally terminate...
In our country, setting up a business is an increasingly simple process. However, all entrepreneurs are always faced with the same problem at the time of...
Surely, on more than one occasion, you have heard or read that, in the face of a certain event, only an administrative appeal can be lodged. However, it is...
Dismissal can be defined as the decision taken by an employer to terminate the employment contract with a particular employee. This can occur due to various...
One of the most common questions asked by law firms specialising in marital separations is whether one of the parties can divorce when the other does not want...
Family conflicts often give rise to very unpleasant situations. In fact, there are times when, as a result of them, many people wonder whether a child can be...
The break-up of a couple often brings uncertainties and doubts to both parties. But especially for the one who is left in a worse economic situation after the...
Separation of property allows the spouses' assets to be separated during the marriage. Thus, each can administer and manage it as he or she wishes without the...
The process of separation with unmarried and unmarried children is very similar to that of divorce. During the course of the process, it is necessary to resolve...
Geographical mobility is a tricky issue under the Workers' Statute. Therefore, here we want to analyse it in depth, especially with the aim of explaining...
It is becoming increasingly common for both men and women to be working when they decide to have a child. This relatively new reality is gradually being...
After a long working life, the time of retirement is long awaited by the employee. In some situations, this retirement will come sooner than expected. In this...
The extinction of condominium or proindiviso is a common cause of dispute between owners. Specifically, it involves the disappearance of the property shared by...
Is it possible to terminate a contract if one of the parties does not comply with the terms of the contract? The answer, according to the Civil Code and case...
In recent months, due to the emergence of certain actors on the political scene and the priority that public institutions are giving to actions against gender...
Surely, on television or in the press, you have heard on more than one occasion about crimes against people's honour. However, do you know what they are and...
The crime of threats, according to articles 169-171 of the Penal Code, is defined as any expression or action aimed at endangering or harming another person or...
In recent years, the term " speedy trial" has become very popular. So much so that, in some cases, it is not used properly. That is why here we will explain...
The non-payment of alimony provided for in most separation and divorce agreements can have serious consequences. However, many people are unclear to what extent...
Confidentiality clauses are much more common in employment contracts than would be expected at the time they were first regulated. In fact, nowadays, it is rare...
Anonymously denouncing a person or even a company is perfectly legal, even if it is not always the most advisable thing to do. However, it is a question that...
Divorce is almost always an emotionally difficult process. Especially if children are involved. However, it can be quick and easy or lengthy and traumatic. It...
Destroying or damaging another person's property, regardless of whether it is movable or immovable, is a criminal offence under the Criminal Code. Specifically...
A collective agreement is an agreement between one or more employers' organisations and one or more trade union organisations that sets out the terms and...
Shares are a term used in business and finance to refer to a form of ownership in a company. They are also known as shares or participation quotas and represent...
It is one of the saddest moments in life, but we all have to consider, at some point, the death of our father. And, at this moment of absolute sadness and...
Computer-related crimes, also known as cybercrime or telematic crimes, are crimes committed using information and communication technologies (ICT) as a means of...