Month: September 2011

  • Wills, wills, wills…

    As one of the few Spanish lawyers living and practising in this country, I often come across international probate matters where the deceased had assets both in Spain and in the UK. In certain occasions, the deceased is a Spanish national who moved to the UK for work and ended up owning assets in this…

  • To value or not to value? That is the question.

      The other day a client was in the process of filing an Inheritance tax form and he asked me which value he had to give to a Spanish property he had just inherited. In England the answer is quite simple: you must use the open market value. This generally means getting the property valued.…

  • The Neverending story

    That’s it! I had enough of it this week. My colleague and I have been dealing with something that should be so simple but in the end can become a real nightmare. I am talking about changing the name in the utilities. The change of name should be something simple, something like “hello I am…

  • Some good news, for a change

                    This article was written with Alejandro Yufera, lawyer from Barcelona, during his stay in our Manchester office. Dear bloggers: We have good news fromSpain. A buyer has recovered the deposit paid to a developer when he didn’t get the mortgage. This is the second resolution of the Civil…