THE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES OF TELEWORKING IN A POST COVID-19 WORLD
THE RISE OF TELEWORKING According to a study by Adecco, a consultancy firm, even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the amount of people working from home was on the rise in Spain. The number of people doing their daily work duties from home has been gradually increasing over the last few years and in the […]
NEWSLETTER ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE STATE OF ALARM IN BANKRUPTCY LAW, WITH SPECIAL ANALYSIS OF PRE BANKRUPTCY AND EXPRESS LIQUIDATION
Over the course of 2019, several indicators appeared which allowed macroeconomic experts to predict an economic crisis during 2020 as a result of the cyclical stagnation of the economy. However, what nobody expected was the current crisis caused by COVID-19 causing around 40% of the world to be confined to their houses. This […]
Royal Decree Law 15/2020 of 21st April for urgent complementary measures to provide assistance to the economy and jobs
This newsletter will provide a brief summary of the measures adopted for rentals for non-housing use by the Royal Decree Law 15/2020, Chapter I, Articles 1 to 5. This Royal Decree comes into force on 23rd April 2020. 1. Requirements for the application of measures of to reduce rental costs for SMEs and self-employed workers. […]
URGENT TAX MEASURES APPROVED BY ROYAL DECREE LAW 15/2020
Royal Decree-Law 15/2020, of 21 April, on urgent complementary measures to support the economy and employment, published in the BOE on 22 April and coming into force the following day, i.e. 23 April, has established various tax measures which are detailed below: From the entry into force of the Royal Decree-Law and until 31 July […]
ROYAL DECREE LAW 11/2020 MEASURES WITH RENTAL CONTRACTS AND EVICTION PROCESSES
1. Can all tenants benefit from the measures approved by the Royal Decree Law 11.2020? The measures only affect rentals for the use of housing that is compulsorily subject to the Urban Rentals Law, and provided that a series of requirements specific to each type of measure are met. In any case, all of these […]
ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE DECREE 25/2020, OF 1ST APRIL, WHICH MODIFIES THE DECREE 226/1998, OF 30TH DECEMBER, WHICH REGULATES THE REDUCTION OF RENT OF HOUSES ADMINISTERED BY THE INSTITUTE OF HOUSING IN MADRID
On 30th January 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as an International Health Emergency. On 14th March 2020, this lead to Spain declaring a State of Emergency according to the Royal Decree Law 463/2020, which lead to extraordinary containment measures to try to manage the health crisis caused by COVID-19, which […]
EXTENSION UNTIL MAY 20 OF THE DEADLINE FOR THE PRESENTATION AND PAYMENT OF TAX RETURNS AND SELF-ASSESSMENTS IN THE STATE
By means of Royal Decree-Law 14/2020, of 14 April, published in the BOE of 15 April and coming into force on the same day, the Government has established that the deadlines for the presentation and payment of tax returns and self-assessments due from 15 April to 20 May 2020 will be extended until the latter […]
COMMENT ON STJUE 11 MARCH 2020. CASE C-511/17 (GYÖRGYNÉ LINTNER/UNICREDIT BANK HUNGARY ZRT) OF 11 MARCH 2020 EX OFFICIO REVIEW OF UNFAIR TERMS
The question raised by the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 11 March 2020 is whether, in consumer contracts, the national court must examine of its own motion the unfairness of all the terms contained therein, even if they have not been duly contested in the consumer’s application. That is […]
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE ROYAL DECREE LAW 11/2020 SURROUNDING STANDARD HOUSING LEASES
The Royal Decree Law 11/2020 of 31st March, in which urgent complementary social and economic measures are adopted to tackle COVID-19 has set out a series of measures that affect leases currently in affect in Spain. Without analysing which measures could have been put in place regarding other types of lease contracts (of non-standard housing […]
INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS: UPDATES FROM JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2020
INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS JANUARY 2020 EUROPEAN UNION RUSSIA On 28 January the Official Journal of the European Union published the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/119[1] and Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/120[2], amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2014/269 and Annex I to Decision (CFSP) 2014/145 By means of the aforementioned amendments, four (4) […]