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Living in Spain - What People Really Want to Know
“Spain the Easy Way” one of the premier Spanish property agents operating in the UK have recently compiled a survey of the most commonly asked questions by people considering buying a home in Spain.

The Court of Appellation of Barcelona declares null and void the contracts of 15.000 students of Oxford English Schools.
The "Audiencia" of Barcelona has ordered the cancellation of the contracts that 15.000 students subscribed with the Oxford English School under the formula of banking credits to finance its courses of languages. Oxford English closed its centers of languages in Spain in October of 2003 for bankruptcy ; thousand of students of several Spanish autonomies face financial ruin. partial source> consumer.es

Commission on Human Rights : non-compliance of the Spanish State with the United Nations Human Rights Committee's decision and the European Court of Human Rights.
Commission on Human Rights ( OHCR - Geneva ) : Up to this day, the Spanish State has not implemented the necessary legislative measures in order to carry out the corresponding legal reforms, so that the decisions taken by the four United Nations' Committees which process individual complaints regarding Human Rights violations can be implemented soundly an in compliance with international law. Accordingly, in Spain there is no procedure for the execution of sentences passed by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and to make this decisions effective. more information and links see > about OHCHR : The non-compliance of the Spanish State with the United Nations Human Rights Committee´s decision

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The European Commission opens an infraction procedure against Spain by suppressing the list of the beaches and lakes zones
Brussels considers that Spanish authorities did not reorganize these places . Brussels asks immediate explanations about the suppression of 365 of the 535 lakes and 310 of the 2.136 of beaches between 1991 and 2004 without any notice or reason . Concretely, Spain has excluded the 68,22% percent of the lakes zones that included the Law of Beaches and Lakes quality water and the 14,51% of the coastal water . CS060407

Real Decree 523/2006, of 28 of April : suppression of the "empadronamiento" as probative document (sic)
Real Decree 523/2006, of 28 of April : suppression of the certificate of census ( "empadronamiento" ) as probative document of the domicile or residence, in the administrative procedures of the General Administration of the State and of its Public Agencies , linked or dependent. Source > BOE 060509

Spanish Counsel of Ministers : Report on the Constitutional Law reform.
By Agreement of the Council of Ministers of March 4, 2005, the Government has requested the modifications report about the Spanish Constitution The consultation is divided into three sections. 1º Constitutional reform guidelines . 2º Constitutional Modifications: divided into four sections a The suppression of the preference of a male in the succession to the throne. b The reception in the Constitution of the process of European construction. c The inclusion of the denomination of the autonomous regions. d The reform of the Senate. 3º Procedures and time limit source PP760060509

Spanish Supreme Court Case Law : [ Administrative ] : Fast Judgments ( Juicios rapidos = 24h ) will continue during August 2006
The Supreme Court has rejected the Appellation interposed by the Lawyers Bar of Malaga against the agreement celebrated during the Sectorial Judges Meeting of the Penal section of Malaga on June 30, 2003 confirming the Agreement of the General Counsel of the Judicial Power ( CGPJ ) of October 22, 2003. The appellation claimed the application of Art. nº 183 of Judicial Power Law which refers that August is unable for all the actions and judgments that have not been declared urgent.

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Madrid Appeal Court : [ property sale contract : "abusive" clause - mortgage ]
The Provincial Audience of Madrid has condemned the construction company Level to pay the prices that had to assume the buyers of a apartment that refused to change the mortgage with another financial company. The Sentence can be appealed only by the new Supreme doctrine unification appeal or extraordinary Appeal ( sic ). Source : CN 060408 ( Spanish language ) More

Spanish Constitutional Court Case Law : again problems with Catalan dialect.
The Spanish Constitutional Court orders to a Catalan Judge to send the question of unconstitutionality in Spanish language instead of Catalan dialect. More

Spanish Criminal Case Law : Real Estate Fraud - Appropriation - Embezzlement .
The Penal Appeal Court of Valladolid has imposed one year of prison and a fine of 540 Euro to a man of 34 years old, because deceived the buyer of a flat, acting as a false estate agent ( C.C. company ) taking possession of 3.000 Euro of caution. More

Spanish Criminal Case Law : condemned an "hacker" of Terrassa. (sic)
The Penal Court of Terrassa condemned Francisco T.R at the penalty of 2 years of prison because he seized a web page . ( businesses secret discovery crime ) . More

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