The BOE of 15 October published the reform of the Free Legal Aid Regulation. It replaces the compensation tables, adds the negotiation activity before trial and sets out when each action is paid. We go through the main figures.
The litigation, arbitration and mediation lawyer leaves RocaJunyent after almost nine years and opens her own firm in Madrid's Justicia district. We summarise what has been announced, what is still unknown and why it matters for the market.
Observatorio Legal's Legal Reliability Index ranks 15 legal AI assistants available in Spain. We summarise the table, how it is measured and what should be read with caution. Note: Prudencia.ai, which heads the index, shares a founder with Agente Lex.
If your firm, company or bar association is looking for lawyers, paralegals or legal support staff, this guide explains what data to send, how we review the offer and how to write it to receive suitable applications.
If your bar association, school or firm runs a course, master's or training day for legal professionals, this guide explains what data to send, how we verify it and what is needed for the listing to be useful.
Bar associations publish job offers and career guidance for their members. We explain what those of Seville and Santa Cruz de Tenerife ask for and the figures ICAB gave after its 2026 Job Fair.
We gather offers published on the careers sites of firms and companies, on a bar association's job board, at a recruitment consultancy, on LinkedIn and on InfoJobs. We give only the basic data and the link to the original offer.
The litigation, arbitration and mediation lawyer leaves RocaJunyent after almost nine years and opens her own firm in Madrid's Justicia district. We summarise what has been announced, what is still unknown and why it matters for the market.
Organic Law 3/2007 defines sexual harassment and harassment based on sex, treats them as discriminatory in all cases and obliges companies to promote working conditions that prevent them. We review what it means for a firm's organisation.
Collaborations between firms, partner departures and agreements with other professionals all raise the same question: can fees be split? The Code of Ethics sets a general rule and four exceptions, and prohibits paying commissions for bringing in clients unless the client is informed.
A firm organised as a company is a legal entity and can be criminally liable for certain offences. The Criminal Code allows exemption if an effective organisation and management model exists, and sets six requirements for that model. We review them from a firm's perspective.
The General Statute of the Spanish Legal Profession, approved by Royal Decree 135/2021, devotes several articles to individual practice. We summarise the rules that affect the lawyer working on their own every day, from where they can act to what to do when they take over a matter a colleague was handling.
A lawyer who practises on their own account can calculate their income tax return by direct estimation. In the simplified version, the Tax Agency allows a fixed percentage to be deducted for hard-to-document expenses. We review how it works according to the official manuals of the 2025 tax return campaign.
Professionals taxed under direct estimation must keep four income tax record books. For a lawyer, the book of advances on account and disbursements has special importance, because it records the money received from clients for expenses. We explain what the Tax Agency requires.
Before invoicing their first matter, a lawyer setting up on their own must register in the census of businesspeople, professionals and withholding agents. Since February 2025 the only form is 036: 037 has disappeared. We review the deadlines according to the Tax Agency.
Observatorio Legal's Legal Reliability Index ranks 15 legal AI assistants available in Spain. We summarise the table, how it is measured and what should be read with caution. Note: Prudencia.ai, which heads the index, shares a founder with Agente Lex.
Guide 2 of the Spanish artificial intelligence sandbox explains the Regulation through five high-risk use cases. Some, such as staff promotion or evaluating evidence in criminal investigations, bear directly on the work of employment and criminal law firms.
In July 2026 the Ministry for Digital Transformation published version 2.0 of its guide on transparency of high-risk AI systems, adapted to the Digital Omnibus. It is not binding, but it turns Article 13 of the AI Regulation into concrete measures of interest to those who advise on or procure these systems.
The data used to train a high-risk AI system determine a good part of its results. Guide 7 of the Spanish sandbox, updated in July 2026, explains Article 10 of the AI Regulation and the new Article 4a on the use of sensitive data to correct bias.
The Lawyers and Human Rights Foundation and the Murcia Bar Association organise on Monday 26 October a Human Rights Forum devoted to the defence and protection of lawyers practising in risky contexts. Lawyers from Afghanistan and Equatorial Guinea take part.
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The Directorate General for Legal Certainty and Public Faith has upheld the refusal to register the loss of single-member status of a public limited company. The resolution recalls two practical rules: closure of the Register for failure to file accounts and the formal requirements of the declaration.
The General Council of the Spanish Legal Profession has presented a twelve-hour digital justice course, organised in six sessions running until 1 December. It announced it a few days after holding in Cádiz its 41st Technical Training Conference, focused on continuing training.
On 7 October the General Council of the Spanish Legal Profession presented, at a conference of directors of common services, its diagnosis of the rollout of the first-instance courts and a list of proposals. The electronic court file and the traceability of proceedings are the priorities.
The Directorate General for Legal Certainty and Public Faith has upheld the refusal to register a 1964 inheritance deed in which the will left property to "the testator's brothers and sisters" without identifying them. The resolution leaves three practical lessons for anyone appealing a registry assessment.
The survey accompanying the White Paper on artificial intelligence and the legal profession shows a profession that already uses AI, but which for the most part has not been trained to do so. With the ethical rules ever clearer, training should be the first priority of bar associations and firms.
The General Statute of the Legal Profession prefers the engagement letter, and the Organic Law on the Right of Defence allows the client to demand it. The profession should take the next step on its own initiative: always use it, even in small matters.
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