Ms Ortega worked for more than twenty years, from 1994 to 2017, for a company providing administrative services to entities within the financial sector. On numerous occasions, both verbally and by email, she raised internal complaints alleging that she was… Read more
Analysis of Judgment No. 1734/2026 of 16 February 2026 handed down by the Provincial Court of Madrid (30th Criminal Division). This commentary analyses the recent Judgment No. 1734/2026 of 16 February 2026 handed down by the Madrid Provincial Court, which… Read more
Supreme Court preserves interim protection for Renfe’s in-house legal communications The scope of confidentiality surrounding communications between a company and its in-house lawyers remains a matter of controversy. May an authority access emails, reports and notes exchanged between a company’s… Read more
Commentary on STSJ Navarra (Social Chamber) No. 302/2025, of 4 September The Labour Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Navarre has upheld a lower court ruling declaring null and void the disciplinary sanction imposed by a company in… Read more
Judgment of the High Court of Justice of Logroño, Labour Chamber, No. 106/2025, of 28 July, p. González González In this ruling, the High Court of Justice of Logroño upholds the lower court’s decision to dismiss the claim for unfair… Read more
This publication analyses the judgment dated 13 February 2025 handed down by the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, ‘ECHR’) in the case of Macharik v. Czech Republic, which upheld a claim for violation of fundamental rights enshrined in the… Read more
This publication discusses Supreme Court Labour Chamber Ruling No. 23/2025, handed down on 14 January 2025. This ruling upholds an appeal for the unification of doctrine filed by the company STRADIVARIUS ESPAÑA S.A. against the ruling handed down on 18… Read more
One of the decisive factors for the Spanish Supreme Court when tipping the balance in assessing the legality of evidence obtained with a potential violation of fundamental rights lies, perhaps surprisingly, in the subjective position of the agent who carried… Read more
Can Parliament, in the exercise of its investigative function, name the political perpetrators of a tragedy without violating their presumption of innocence or damaging their honor? The case of Manuel Azuaga, former president of AENA, reopens a relevant debate on… Read more
The very recent Judgment cited above, with a paper by the always suggestive Mr. Antonio del Moral, addresses three important aspects of the criminal liability of legal persons: i) the burden of proof regarding the effectiveness of Compliance models ii)… Read more
The Constitutional Court (hereinafter, CC) has dismissed the appeal filed by Banco Santander against the resolutions of the Council of Ministers which, in 2019, imposed a sanction of €1,056,000 on it as the successor to Banco Popular. The sanction arose… Read more
