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Legal tip 1255- NEW! Madrid Appeal Court Decission against Lawyer who did not provide 57/68 Bank Guarantee to client
Friday, January 23, 2015 @ 2:21 PM

This other route to obtain refunds in off plan disasters is starting to have a voice.

Now it is section 21 of Madrid Appeal Court which is condemning a lawyer who made payments into the developers´account without the previous obtaining of the necessary Bank Guarantees, according to Law 57/68.

The claimant was basing his lawsuit in two breaches: Lack of licenses and Lack of Guarantees.

Court estimated that as the buyer had paid the initial reservation deposit voluntarily and previous to the intervention of the lawyer, he freely chosen the object of the purchase so Lawyer cannot be liable in regards to planning irregularities.

As lawyer was working for the client when payments were made to the developer´s special account, liability of this professional in regards to the lack of Guarantees is uncontestable

New way open now by Case Law!

Have a restful weekend!

María

Madrid in Winter

 



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antifreeze said:
Saturday, January 24, 2015 @ 9:47 PM

The case shows that lawyers did not protect THEIR own clients and safeguard their interests - acting as if it would all be fine, not having to adhere to any legal rules in off plan purchases. It s good that judges are at last, seeing how negligent certain law firms were; it seems crazy that they just bypassed laws set up to protect buyers.....one wonders what they thought they were doing?

Would this now apply to other cases in Spain or is it a one off decision by just one regional court Maria?



mariadecastro said:
Monday, January 26, 2015 @ 12:11 PM

Antifreeze:
Of course it applies to every Court in Spain

If payments into developers Bank cannoy be traces to proceed with action against Bank, this option is always open. For 15 years

Kindest,

María


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