On April 3, the Congress of Deputies validated a new Royal Decree-Law 7/2019, of March 1, on urgent measures regarding housing and rent, which had been published in the BOE on March 5 (hereinafter the “Decree-Law”). This validation fully integrates this Decree-Law in the Spanish legal system, thus revoking its provisional nature. This law will […]

Law 5/2019 enacted on March 15th was published in the B.O.E. on March 16th regulating mortgage loans. It will serve to give greater protection to customers from banks and financial institutions. There is a transition period of three months to give banks enough time to adapt to this law. Therefore, it will not enter into […]

A question that family lawyers are often asked by divorced clients is as follows: do the agreements that I reached with the other parent have validity even though they have not been approved by a judge? The First Chamber, Civil Chamber, of the Supreme Court, has just issued two Sentences that resolve this question in […]

The Plenary of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court, in its Judgment of November 20, 2018, has resolved a matter on which it had not previously expressly pronounced. The matter focuses on the meaning to be given to the presence of a third party (i.e. a divorcee’s new partner) in a house that comprised […]