The Workers’ Statute empowers an employer to adopt the supervision and control measures that are deemed appropriate in order to verify the fulfilment of the obligations and duties of its workers. However, this power is not absolute, and it is exactly how the Spanish courts understand it.
Before the economic and financial crisis, the Spanish real estate and construction sectors constituted one of the pillars of the country’s economy and real estate promoters used to benefit from the support of national banks. Because of the crisis, the real estate market has sharply declined. Real estate promoters had to find alternative funding sources.
A sales contract of a property under construction is similar to a sales contract of a future good. The future good is certainly an object that does not exist, but on whose existence the parties have already agreed upon. Consequently, the parties agree on the object of the contract, in this case the building to be constructed, on the price, the rules to calculate the price, the obligations, and the conditions regarding the transmission of the building once it has been constructed.
Before coming to Madrid and joining Mariscal Abogados team I expected that half year of internship would pass forever, not even, the time at this international law firm has passed …
Distribution, based on the purchase of goods from a supplier and the subsequent resale of the goods by a distributor, is an effective means of entering a new market through the distributor´s network of local clients.
Selling a property under construction consists in the conclusion of a sales contract related to a property that has not yet been constructed, but the parties have already agreed on its existence and hence on its creation as well as on its price. Therefore, the parties conclude a sales contract related to a future good which involves its own different characteristics.
The violation of trade or industrial secrets is regulated under Article 13 of the Law on Unfair Competition and consists of acts of exploitation of confidential information for the benefit of one’s self or a third party. To find a violation of secrets, a number of requirements must be met.
I took part in a post-graduate internship at Mariscal Abogados within the frames of Erasmus+ programme. It enabled me not only to learn about the Spanish legal system, its procedures …
The latest Supreme Court’s sentences validate video surveillance evidence under certain circumstances and after fulfilling specific formal requirements, such as proportionality and notification to the employee, as a fair cause for disciplinary dismissal.
Recent judgments on abusive clauses oblige institutions and professionals who offer personal loans to consumers residing in Spain to review and adapt the clauses to legal constraints. Find here practical advice to implement.
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