Legal & Finance news & information for Spain

A YOUNG woman with no income has been denied financial support from her parents by a court because she is 'too lazy to earn a living'.

A COCAINE addict left disabled by her habit has managed to get her insurance company to pay out €173,000 after a court battle in which the underwriters declined her claim for non-disclosure.

SPAIN'S Supreme Court has declared a man partially incapacitated because he is diagnosed as being a psychopath – the first time a person with this personality trait has been made a ward of court or family.

THE new-style €50 note is now in circulation and has hit the shops and banks in Spain, but the 'old' version will still be issued while stocks last, according to the Central European Bank (BCE).

A 'MINT strike' of 24 hours will start tomorrow (Thursday) at the Bank of Spain means no money will be printed all day – or at least, by 80% of staff at the printing firm, Imbisa, who have confirmed they will...

THE world's largest yacht has been impounded off the coast of Gibraltar over a €15.3 million debt, according to the Rock's Supreme Court.

THREE top bosses at the Bank of Spain have resigned due to being investigated in relation to the Bankia flotation scandal.

CIVIL prosecutors at Spain's Supreme Court have opened an inquiry into the historic electricity price hike which came into effect yesterday (Friday), right in the middle of Spain's coldest 'freezewave'...

FIVE former managers of the north-western bank Novacaixagalicia have been sent to prison for two years for giving themselves multi-million 'golden handshakes' before leaving the high-street entity.

HOMEOWNERS who are refunded money after challenging so-called 'floor clauses' in their mortgage contracts must declare the amount received to the tax authorities in their annual declaration.

A WIDE-SCALE tax fraud involving petrol stations in Spain uncovered through six major police operations saw enough money go astray to build 10 schools, repair 4,300 kilometres of roads, or fund a provincial...

THIS year's winning El Niño lottery ticket – the second-most famous annual draw in Spain after the Christmas El Gordo – is number 08.354, which was sold entirely in the town of Torrent (Valencia province).