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Do we have a date for the judicial and administrative reactivation?
As we all know, the now distant Royal Decree 463/2020, of March 14, which declared the state of alarm for the health crisis, agreed to suspend the procedural terms and deadlines in all kinds of jurisdictional orders, establishing that “the computation of...
The new Insolvency Law in times of coronavirus
"The history of bankruptcy law is the history of its reforms." With this phrase the explanatory memorandum of the Consolidated Text of the new Bankruptcy Law (LC) begins, which the Council of Ministers approved on Tuesday, May 5 by Royal Legislative Decree. In...
So are the new bankruptcy measures
We analyze the main measures adopted in bankruptcy matters after the entry into force of Royal Decree-Law 16/2020 of April 28 on procedural and organizational measures to deal with COVID-19 in the area of the Administration of Justice. Mainly...
Measures for the return to judicial activity
Royal Decree Law 16/2020, of April 28, on procedural and organizational measures to deal with COVID-19 in the field of the Administration of Justice contains, although without specifying deadlines, the measures that it considers essential for a .. .
The new measures on leasing premises
The new Royal Decree-Law 15/2020, of April 21, on urgent measures, contains in its Chapter I (articles 1 to 5), a new series of measures in the face of the health crisis situation caused by COVID-19. The exceptional measures of the Real ...
The creditors' contest to combat the economic crisis of COVID-19
The massive presentation of ERTEs, caused by the crisis generated by COVID-19, will lead to an avalanche of bankruptcy proceedings. At least this is the general opinion of jurists (judges, lawyers, attorneys, etc.), economists, the main ...
The Supreme Court rules on the application of the "rebus sic stantibus" clause in the midst of crisis
As we explained recently, the rebus sic stantibus clause constitutes a mechanism by which the revision of the contractual conditions is allowed when, due to an unpredictable and substantial change in the circumstances existing at the time of ...
The return to the Courts when the alarm state ends
Several working groups, under the supervision of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary, are working on a series of proposals so that the Ministry of Justice can prepare the Plan to streamline judicial activity, which is expected to be implemented ...
Consumer protection: What about the gym fee, the children's after-school and the trip I had contracted?
The declaration of the state of alarm has evident consequences in the contracts in which consumers intervene. RDL 11/2020, of March 31, of complementary urgent measures against COVID-19, among many other issues, implements in its article 36 ...
Abuses in the processing of ICO loans and other unsupportive attitudes
As in all crisis situations, there are always those who seek to take advantage of other people's misfortune, and this health crisis, unfortunately, will not be the exception. Given certain behaviors, the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) has ...
