CIVIL LAW

Civil law solicitor in Barcelona

An unpaid debt, a broken contract or an inheritance dispute can often be resolved without going to trial, given the right strategy.
At Diario de un Abogado we help you in Barcelona to recover what you are owed, negotiating where we can and litigating where we must.

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How we can help

At Diario de un Abogado we handle every kind of civil matter. If you are facing any of these, get in touch. We can help.

After an accident, on top of the physical recovery comes the most draining part: insurers offering less than is fair, endless paperwork, and the feeling that you are facing it alone. We make sure the compensation you receive reflects the harm actually done, not what the insurer would prefer to pay.

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Te explicamos el procedimiento completo en la guía sobre cómo reclamar un accidente de tráfico en Barcelona.

Whether you are a landlord worn down by a tenant who will not pay or will not leave, or a tenant being pushed out without the notice and safeguards the law gives you, a tenancy problem hits your daily life directly. We help you resolve it as quickly as you need, defending your position whichever side of it you are on.

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Mortgage costs unfairly allocated, interest-rate floors, charges you never really authorised — very often the contract you signed hid terms the law does not allow. We review whether unfair terms were applied to you and claim back what you overpaid.

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Finding leaks, cracks or structural faults in a home you have just bought or renovated is about the worst surprise there is, especially when the builder or seller tells you it is “not their problem”. We help you demand repair or compensation, within the guarantee periods the law sets.

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Ownership is not always as simple as it sounds: you may share title to something, hold only a life interest while someone else holds the reversion, or simply be unsure what you can actually do with what is yours. We help you understand the real scope of your rights and defend them where a co-owner, a relative or a third party is restricting or ignoring them.

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Finding someone occupying a property of yours with no right and no contract — not even a tenancy — is distressing and needs a fast legal response. We help you recover possession by the quickest route the law allows.

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A badly defined boundary, building work encroaching on your land, a residents’ association ignoring your rights as an owner — disputes like these can turn your own home into a constant source of stress. We help you defend what is yours with the right documents and the right strategy.

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Losing someone you love is hard enough; disagreements between siblings, doubts about a will, or the sense that the division was not fair make it harder still. We handle the estate clearly so that the family conflict does not drag on longer than it has to.

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When a parent or someone else you love starts to be unable to manage on their own or handle their own affairs, it brings a mix of fear, guilt and not knowing where to begin. We take you through the whole process of putting the right protective measures in place — guardianship, curatorship or other support arrangements — always with the person’s dignity and the family’s peace of mind in view.

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It is not only a doctor who can fail you badly: a lawyer, an architect, an accountant or any other professional you trusted with your case, your building or your assets can also be liable if they were negligent and caused you loss. We assess whether what happened to you has that liability behind it and claim the compensation due.

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An association that does nothing about a fault affecting you, charges demanded that are not yours to pay, decisions taken without consulting you — it wears you down with your own neighbours. We help you defend your rights as an owner without making living there impossible.

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Paying premiums for years and then, just when you need it, meeting obstacles, delays or an offer well below what you are owed is as frustrating as it gets. We help you enforce your policy and not settle for the first offer.

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Paying for something that does not work, arrives broken or is not what you were promised, and then meeting a company that will not answer, exhausts anyone’s patience. We help you claim the refund, repair or compensation you are entitled to as a consumer.

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Being owed money by a client, an individual or a company and not being paid brings a mix of powerlessness and attrition that only grows with time. We help you recover what is yours by the fastest route available, from the formal demand through to court proceedings if it comes to that.

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When the other side does not do what was agreed — a supplier, a client, a building firm, whoever — you should not be left carrying the consequences alone. We help you enforce performance or claim the damages due, reading the small print of what was signed carefully.

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A cancelled flight, a delay that costs you a connection, a holiday that was not what you paid for — the compensation exists, but airlines and operators rarely offer it unless you claim. We help you get what consumer and passenger rules entitle you to.

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Signing something you have not fully understood, out of haste or out of trust, can cost you dearly later. Before you sign a sale, a lease, a loan between private parties or any agreement that matters, let us review it or draft it with you, so you know exactly what you are committing to and what protects you if things go wrong.

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If someone has caused you loss — to you, your home or your business — outside any contract or prior relationship, you are entitled to be compensated. We help you evidence the loss and claim the damages due, whoever is responsible.

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Where several people share a property and cannot agree, the law provides a way out: nobody is obliged to remain in co-ownership. It is resolved by sale, by transfer to one owner with compensation, or by auction.
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Accepting or renouncing an estate, the deed of division, challenging a will and claiming the forced share. In Catalonia the Catalan Civil Code applies, with a forced share of one quarter and its own time limits: the rules of common Spanish law do not work here.
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If your debts exceed what you can pay, discharge of the remaining liability lets you write them off and start again. We cover this in detail on the second chance law page.
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Which situation are you in?

Before suing, it is worth putting the debt on formal record and checking the limitation period is still open. We prepare the demand, weigh up which procedure suits, and tell you frankly what your real chances of recovery are.
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Arrears, building work, deposits not returned, unfair terms. We review the contract, work out what is owed and propose the fastest route — which very often is not the court.
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