There are few things more disturbing than being involved in a criminal incident abroad. Few people go on holiday and expect to face arrest, but should this happen, for whatever reason, you may have to deal with the language barrier, unfamiliar...
The anxieties and strain that the coronavirus pandemic has brought globally have been a significant factor in the increasing divorce levels that are being seen in countries across Europe. It is inevitably amongst the thousands of British ex-pats living...
A Gift or Donation under the Spanish Civil Code allows an individual to dispose of an asset in favour of another person on the provision that the recipient is fully prepared to accept the asset and all the liabilities that may be attached to the asset passed...
Various regions in Italy have, for some time, promoted real estate schemes whereby declining villages offer houses in need of restoration at a price of one euro. These schemes differ in the detail but are broadly the same, they are aimed at reviving an...
American tourists still hoping to be able to visit Europe have received good news from Brussels. Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, has confirmed in an interview in The New York Times that the EU is suspending its ban on...
Britain’s exit from the European Union has cast a long shadow over the British ex-pat community in Spain, many of whom find themselves in the position of having their established lifestyle of spending their summer at their second home in Spain thrown...
The potential one million Spanish residential properties that the Spanish government estimates are owned by British citizens form part of the fixed assets each British citizen who owns a second home in Spain and forms part of the owner’s estate which...
For many decades Spain has been the European country of choice for British citizens buying a property abroad, quality of life and warm climate coupled with the affordable real estate prices makes Spain an excellent choice for a holiday home. The...
Many contentious commercial disputes arise from a failure to ensure that terms of business within transaction-related contracts have not been properly reviewed in light of the nature of the business deal to be undertaken. One of the key issues is to...
A relationship breakup, particularly if the couple has minor children, is almost always the most upsetting thing that the couple will have experienced. The situation is nearly always heightened where the couple are nationals of different countries...
