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Administrative liability of the members of a listed company’s audit committee for serious errors or inaccuracies in the audited annual accounts
The Supreme Court’s judgment of 8 October 2020 confirms the administrative liability of Audit Committee members for the inaccuracy or lack of veracity of consolidated annual accounts that have been externally audited
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Amendment of the legal regime of the organisation and operation of the National Electricity System (Portugal)
The public consultation regarding the long-awaited draft Decree-Law that revokes the legal regulations applicable to the activities of generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity and the organisation of electricity markets (the “Draft Decree-law”) is underway, and contributions may be submitted until 24 November 2021 through the Consultation – National Electricity System platform (consultalex.gov.pt).
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Limitation period of an insurer’s recourse claim against construction agents distinct from the insured under the Spanish Building (Unified Regulation) Act
Despite its logic and simplicity, Article 18 of the Building (Unified Regulation) Act continues to give rise to interpretative problems in higher court case law. It has not quite found its place alongside Article 1145 of the Civil Code and Article 43 of the Insurance Contracts Act.
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Ángel Carrasco
Royal Decree-law 7/2026: measures in support of electro-intensive consumers
Reduced connection charges for electro-intensive consumers and the Fund for the Promotion of Industrial Decarbonization will help improve the industrial sector’s competitiveness in the current economic climate.
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Energy Team
What rights does a landlord have when a commercial tenant vacates the premises before the agreed term has expired?
Although the judgment states that the landlord has three remedies available, in reality he has only one — whether he seeks performance or opts for termination — which is damages.
2 days ago
Ángel Carrasco
Belgium in breach of Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive by denying taxpayers the deduction of corporate income tax paid by controlled foreign companies
In its Judgment of 26 February 2026, in Case C-524/23, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Directive (EU) 2016/1164, by failing to adopt the statutory, regulatory and administrative provisions necessary to ensure taxpayers’ right to a deduction of the tax paid by controlled foreign companies from the corporate income tax liability of the taxpayer.
4 days ago
Saturnina Moreno, Pablo Soler
Family-owned businesses: Subsidiaries engaged in real estate leasing are not required to hire an employee if structurally part of a corporate group’s business activity
The Supreme Court rules that the requirement of having at least one full-time employee for an undertaking engaged in real estate leasing to be regarded as carrying on business may be deemed fulfilled by way of an associated company when such is functionally part and parcel of the business activity of the group of companies as a whole.
One week ago
Luis Cuesta, Carles Armiño, Pilar Álvarez
Compensation for ‘loss of chance’ to reorganise the company had the banks fulfilled their financing commitments (Supreme Court (First Chamber) Judgment no. 1944/2025 of 23 December)
The Supreme Court applies compensation for loss of chance a second time outside the scope of healthcare liability and goes so far as to compensate cases that would have otherwise remained uncompensated.
13 Mar, 2026
Ángel Carrasco
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