This survey shall give a very brief overview over different possibilities of enforcing legal demands in different kinds of legal procedure of debt collection: 1. Ordinary civil proceeding, 2. Civil proceeding concerning exchanges or checks, 3. Civil proceeding concerning a summons.
To collect outstanding debts, it is always advisable to reach an out-of-court settlement because lawsuits in Spain can be very lengthy, arduous and costly.
People and companies may wish to face and solve their differences out of a judicial process, for this is frequently long and expensive in Spain. “Alternative dispute resolution” refers to any procedure by means of which parties involved settle their conflict outside the courtroom.
The Spanish legal system is a civil law system based on the Roman-Germanic tradition.
The still recent Spanish Bankruptcy Law more fully examines the legal system regarding company managers’ liability. This new liability system serves to supplement the system already provided for in the Public Limited Company and Limited Liability Company Laws, as well as the Criminal Code, within the framework of corporate crime.
An important question which often arises during an international transaction is what law applies to a contract of sale between parties from different countries. Much too frequently, the parties to an international agreement fail to include what is known as a “choice of law” provision. The failure to include such a clause may result in unexpected problems to both parties, especially in the context of debt collection.
Thomas Müller kam 1980 zum ersten Mal nach La Gomera. Es war Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Dem heute 55-Jährigen gefiel es so gut, dass er dauerhaft bleiben wollte. Der Fotograf und Architekt kaufte in unmittelbarer Nähe der Küste eine alte Bananen-Verladestation aus dem Jahr 1890, renovierte sie und entwickelte die ehemalige Ruine über die Jahre schließlich zum Kulturzentrum „Castillo del Mar”. 500 Veranstaltungen hat Müller sei de Eröffnung 2002 auf die Kanareninsel gebracht. Dennoch: Die spanischen Behörden wollen ihn jetzt enteignen. Die Lage der historischen Immobilie verstoße gegen ein Küstengesetz aus dem Jahr 1988, nach dem bis zu 500 Meter vom Strand entfernt nicht gebaut werden darf. Ein Schlag ins Gesicht für Müller, der mehrere Millionen Euro in den von der Gemeinde autorisierten Umbau gesteckt hatte.
Spain, member of the European Union since the 1st January 1986, is a very dynamic country located in Southern Europe. Our strong economic, historic and cultural ties wiht North Africa -where the language will remain an indisputable sign of our brotherhood- have made of us the gateway “par excellence” to the European continent for both latin America and Africa and vice versa.
