Resolutions we have obtained
Every case on this page comes from a judgment, a court order or a final settlement held on file at the firm. The figures are taken from the resolution itself; they are not rounded.
The names are not here: not our clients’, not the other side’s, and no detail that would allow a property or a company to be identified. A great many are missing: we publish only those in which the outcome is final and can be told without compromising anybody.
Every matter is different. Results obtained in the past neither guarantee nor indicate the outcome of any other proceedings.
Inheritance and succession
We corrected a division of €3,600,000 that worked against our clients
€3,600,000 estate · €1,200,000 of strict forced share at stake
The contador partidor — the accountant-divider appointed by the court to draw up the division — had applied one criterion to the lifetime gifts made to some of the heirs and a different one to those made to another heir. The court upheld our opposition and ordered him to redo the whole cuaderno particional, the written deed of partition.
Two applications for interim measures, both refused
In proceedings to set aside a will, the other side twice applied for interim measures to freeze the estate while the matter was decided. Both applications were refused and the proceedings continued without those restrictions.
Two estate divisions won on appeal, with costs
Two sets of proceedings for judicial division of an estate in which the Audiencia Provincial allowed our appeal and ordered the other side to pay the costs.
› See everything we do in inheritance and succession
Criminal
The Tribunal Supremo halved the sentence
Sentence reduced by 50 % on casación
The client had been convicted at first instance of fraud by issuing promissory notes with no funds behind them. We appealed by way of casación — the final appeal on points of law — to the Sala Segunda del Tribunal Supremo, and the prison sentence imposed was halved.
Criminal casación is rarely admitted and more rarely allowed. For the Supreme Court to review a sentence and leave it at half is not an ordinary outcome.
Offence against public health: the client did not go to prison
The matter was resolved with a sentence of under two years, which allowed the sentence to be suspended. In separate proceedings for the same type of offence, suspension was also obtained.
Acquittal, now final
An acquittal which became final, no party having appealed against it.
› See how we work on criminal defence
Tenancies and evictions
The claimant ended up paying the costs of the first instance
The Audiencia Provincial de Madrid, Section 20, set aside the judgment given at first instance in a juicio verbal for eviction and ordered the claimant to pay the costs of that instance, with return of the deposit lodged in order to appeal. Basis: art. 394.1 LEC (the Civil Procedure Act), costs following the event.
Eviction won because the other side did not appear
Eviction proceedings decided in the client’s favour when the other side failed to appear. Final judgment.
Dismissal and employment
From an offer of €2,000 to an award of €86,720.95
A labourer in his fifties, with no formal education, was offered €2,000 by his employer when he was dismissed. Once the claim was issued, the court declared the dismissal unfair and ordered the employer to pay €86,720.95 in compensation and wages accrued during the proceedings.
See how we work on dismissal
Banking and consumer
The bank returned the €24,000 invested in preference shares
A married couple invested €24,000 in preference shares and the bank refused to return the money when they asked for it. The claim produced a judgment against the bank: the full €24,000 returned, at no cost to the clients.
See how we work on civil and banking claims
Civil and claims against insurers
The insurer said «theft». It was theft with forcible entry.
€5,770.89 in compensation
How the loss was classified determined whether it was covered. The insurer handled it as hurto, theft without force, when the facts amounted to robo con fuerza, theft with forcible entry. Once the classification was corrected, the compensation was obtained.
Accident at work: award upheld on appeal
€20,838.30
A claim arising from an accident at work which ended in an award of damages, upheld on appeal.
How we check what we publish
Before a case reaches this page we check three things:
- That it is decided and final. If an appeal is pending, it is not published. There are cases we have won that are not here for that reason.
- That the figure is the one in the resolution. We do not add estimated interest and we do not round up.
- That nobody is identifiable. No names, no case numbers, no recognisable properties.
It is slower and it leaves out cases that would look good. It seems to us the only honest way of doing it.
Tell us about your case
If your matter resembles one of these — or if you suspect that a division, a payment of compensation or the classification of a loss has not been done properly — the first conversation is there to find out whether anything can be done.
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