Value assigned by the Supreme Court to CRPD reports outweighs that afforded to ECHR judgments

29 January 2024

The Spanish Supreme Court, in a recent and questionable judgment, assigns binding value to the reports of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (‘CRPD’) in claims for pecuniary liability and to correct final and conclusive judgments of national courts.

Scope and effects of the Judgement of the CC declaring the Royal Decree declaring the state of alarm partially unconstitutional

30 July 2021

The Judgement of the Constitutional Court of 14 July 2021 has declared certain provisions of Royal Decree 463/2020 with the scope and legal consequences analysed herein.

New measures related to the leasing of business premises and the eviction of vulnerable households

26 January 2021

Summary of developments in the field of real estate under Royal Decree-law 35/2020, of 22 December, on urgent measures to support the tourism, hotel and catering and commercial sectors and in the area of taxation ("RDL 35/2020"); and Royal Decree-law 37/2020, of 22 December, on urgent measures to deal with situations of social and economic vulnerability in the area of housing and transport ("RDL 37/2020").

Enforceability of UK judgments in Spain following the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

18 January 2021

UK judgments handed down in proceedings initiated after 31 December 2020 will no longer be recognised in Spain in application of European legislation, but in application of domestic rules and regulations. In the case of judgments which have hitherto fallen within the scope of the Brussels I bis Regulation, the International Legal Cooperation in Civil Matters Act (Ley 29/2015, de 30 de julio, de cooperación jurídica internacional en materia civil) will have to be applied.

Analysis of the insolvency measures introduced by Royal Decree-law 16/2020, of 28 April, on procedural and organisational measures to deal with Covid-19 in the field of Administration of Justice

30 April 2020