Complete archive of AGENTE LEX, from the most recent to the oldest.
Organic Law 5/2024, in force since 4 December 2024, is the first law that specifically develops the right of defence in Article 24 of the Constitution. We summarise what changes for lawyers and for those who hire their services.
Since April 2025, in most civil matters you must attempt a negotiated solution before filing a claim. With the law and the guide of the General Council of the Spanish Legal Profession, we review which methods count, which deadlines run and how the attempt is proven.
Royal Decree-law 15/2025 delayed by a year the obligation to adapt invoicing software to the regulation known as Verifactu. For a lawyer who practises on their own, the key date is 1 July 2027. We explain who is obliged and how to prepare.
Order PJC/297/2026 set the contribution bases for the self-employed for this year in March, with effect from 1 January. We explain the brackets, the calendar for changing base and regularisation, with the lawyer who practises on their own in mind.
Almost twenty years after it was approved, Royal Decree 1331/2006 is still the rule that defines how an employed lawyer works in a law firm. These are its main rules, article by article.
When a lawyer leaves one firm to join another, the special employment relationship, the agreements signed and the ethics rules all come into play. We go through what can be agreed, what is forbidden and what happens to the clients.
