Denunciation

Hi Lottie,

I'm so sorry to hear of your experience.  My husband and I were subjected to something similar when we lived in the UK and even though an investigation cleared us of any wrongdoing, we also incurred legal costs.  Fortunately, our case was resolved prior to Court proceedings (and the protagonist involved was asked for his resignation as a Local Councillor), but I still remember 6 months of sleepless nights.  For you to have to endure such a situation in a foreign country,  with an unfamiliar legal system, must have been horrendous, I really feel for you both.

There is a Small Claims' Court in Spain - this 2014 article from Citizens' Advice Bureau Spain explains it in more detail:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.es/faq/is-there-a-small-claims-court-in-spain/

It may be worth contacting CAB Spain to see whether there have been any updates to this procedure.  The good news is that you could pursue this route without the need for further lawyers' fees.

Good luck!

Best wishes, 

Kim

Thank you very much for your advice. Will look into it. 

We have a similar problem, we were selling our snack van to a Dutch couple who did not pay the agreed price per month so we took our snack van back. They took a denouncia out saying it was their van, we waited 18 months before the court released our van as they proved they was lying and put false documents in to the court. They also skipped Spain so we couldn't take out a personal claim to recoup our money which amounted to storage of the van, solicitors and translators fee. They now has lumbered us with thousands of euro's bill from the tax saying it was my husband who got all the money from them running the snack van which again is false which we will fight. We felt deflated but you have to let it go otherwise it drives you mad. There are always people that will lie, are deceitful and live off people. In the end who is the winner, you are because you have a clear mind.

Thank you for your help. So sorry to hear of your problem. Much worse than ours. Take care