British Buying Spanish Properties After Brexit

British Buying Spanish Properties After Brexit

Written by Yolanda Pérez The Spanish law states certain limitations restricting access to properties located on Spanish military lands or areas of interest for the Spanish National Defence to non-EU foreigners including individuals and companies, and also to Spanish...
Care to serve Notice of Severance properly

Care to serve Notice of Severance properly

Written by Marc White If a registered letter of notice to sever a joint tenancy is returned undelivered, notice will fail and property will pass by the usual doctrine of survivorship if one of the owners die immediately thereafter. In Fantini v Scrutton (2020 EWHC...
A Spanish Will: do I really need one?

A Spanish Will: do I really need one?

Written by Graeme Beattie   For freedom of testamentary disposition to apply to their estate on death, an express choice of applicable law is required to be stated in a Spanish resident/ domiciled expatriate’s will. In Spain, forced heirship provisions mean that...