Everything below is handled in English, from an office in Alicante, by lawyers registered with the Alicante Bar. Each page sets out the procedure, the deadlines that apply and what tends to go wrong, rather than a list of services.
If you are not sure which area your problem falls into, that is normal and it does not matter. Describe what happened and we will tell you.
Property
Buying and selling property in Spain
The registry checks, the deposit contract, undeclared extensions, community debts and the 3 % withholding on a non-resident sale. Also disputes: communities of owners, building defects, landlord and tenant, and co-ownership deadlock.
Wills and inheritance
Inheritance in Spain for foreigners
What happens when there is no Spanish will, the six-month tax deadline, frozen bank accounts, and choosing the law of your nationality under EU Regulation 650/2012.
Spanish inheritance tax calculator
Work out what you would actually pay in the Valencia region, where a 99 % relief applies to spouses, children and parents.
Injury and accidents
Traffic accident claims
How compensation is calculated under the Ley 35/2015 scale, the one-year limitation period, the insurer’s three-month deadline, and why the medical report decides the number. We assess injuries through our own medical team rather than the insurer’s.
Employment
Dismissal, unpaid wages and permanent disability
Twenty working days to challenge a dismissal, the 33-day and 45-day compensation rates, wage claims and FOGASA, and the four grades of permanent disability pension.
Banking and consumer
Mortgage and banking claims
Mortgage set-up costs, floor clauses, revolving credit cards, IRPH, and the options if you are behind on payments, including the second chance law.
Family
Divorce and family law for international couples
Which country decides, how Spanish divorce works, custody and maintenance, and why taking a child out of Spain without consent is treated as abduction.
Criminal
Criminal defence and private prosecution
Your rights on detention, how the Spanish criminal process works, driving offences, and acting as a party to the prosecution as a victim.
Administrative
Appeals against the administration
Fines, planning and licences, expropriation, claims for damage caused by a public body, and residency refusals. The first deadline is usually one month.
The deadlines that catch people out
Spanish limitation periods are shorter than most people expect, and missing one is normally fatal to the claim regardless of its merits.
| Matter | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Challenge a dismissal | 20 working days |
| Appeal an administrative decision | 1 month |
| Inheritance tax return | 6 months from the date of death |
| Road accident claim | 1 year, restarting on a formal insurer offer |
| Unpaid wages | 1 year |
| Claim against a public body for damage | 1 year |
Where we act
Throughout Alicante province. We have pages in English for Torrevieja, Orihuela Costa and Jávea, and we act in Elche, Benidorm, Dénia and Alicante city on the same terms.
How we work
How we work with clients abroad explains the practical side: powers of attorney, what you need to sign in person, and how a matter runs when you are not in the country.
About the firm sets out who we are and how to verify our bar registration before instructing us.
Talk to us
Tell us what happened and we will tell you where you stand, what the deadline is and what it would cost. Contact us here, or call 654 581 493.