Just Law Solicitors Spain

30/03/2026

How much extra do I have to pay for my house in Spain?

When you buy a property in Spain, the extra amount you pay depends on where you buy your house in Spain. We can advise.

22/10/2025

Morning everyone from Fuengirola. If you’d like to move to Spakn get in touch with us. We make sure your property purchase is legal. We also have a specialist visa and tax department

04/08/2025

Looking for Spanish citizenship by descent? The Ley de memoria democrática? Ends soon

27/07/2025

New episode. This time we are off grid in Andalucia

12/06/2023

Today we are in Sonderborg, Denmark. Many thanks to our Danish hosts.

For all your legal needs in Spain, from a visa to a property purchase www.justlawsolicitors.com

08/06/2023

Your English speaking Spanish lawyer.

17/05/2023

Voting in Spanish Local Elections

Who can vote?

Spanish nationals are automatically added to the voters’ Roll when they register in the Municipal Register (Padrón). All other eligible nationalities must register separately as well as being on the Padrón.
European Union citizens who are on the Padrón can register to vote regardless of their residential status. There are 10 other countries which have reciprocal agreements with Spain allowing their citizens to participate and stand in local municipal elections including Norway and the United Kingdom. However, as well as being on the Padrón, they need to be legal residents in Spain for at least 3 years and must also register their desire to participate in the local elections.

Election Day

It is important to understand that in Spain we do not vote for individuals but for Party lists and the number of seats granted to each party depends on the total number of votes for the party based on a rather complicated structure called the D’Hondt system. It is not possible for independent individuals to stand in local elections unless they are incorporated into a presented party list.
What does this mean in practice? When you go to the polling station on Election day, you will be presented with lists for all the presenting parties. In Mijas, for example, there are 10 parties presenting so there will be a lot of ballot papers in the booth. You have to select the party list and pop it into the envelope. These papers must not be marked in any way or they will become invalid.
So, if you want to support an individual, you have to choose the list they are on, and hope that the party receives sufficient votes for them to gain their seat depending what number they are on the list.

Voting

Unlike in some countries, there are no “voting papers” which need to be presented at the ballot tables. People may receive notification by post of their polling station, but these are for information only and are not required in order to vote. After selecting the party list and putting it in the envelope, you go to the table indicated by the first letter of your surname and you must present a photo ID. The electoral register is organised by name and NIE number, so the document presented should have both on it as well as a photo. A Spanish driving licence, for example, is sufficient. For UK residents in Spain, a TIE card is also sufficient. If you don’t have a Spanish Driving Licence but have a green residency certificate, which also has your NIE number, it must be presented along with a passport. An NIE certificate and passport should also be sufficient.
You name will be checked off the list and the ballot box will be made available for you to pop the envelope into.

Thanks to Bill Anderson

For all your legal needs in Spain from a visa to a property purchase www.justlawsolicitors.com since 1992. Regulated by the Spanish bar association.

17/05/2023

Ask a Spanish lawyer.

On Thursday 18th May 2023 our senior lawyer Marisa Moreno Castillo will be on the Wright Way radio show at 16:00 Spanish time.

Your chance to ask Marisa your legal questions. She has 35 years of legal experience and is the senior lawyer at www.justlawsolicitors.com in addition to being the Consul for Denmark.

She will be joined by our director of legal John Towell. John was called to the bar in England in 1992.

Listen live here. http://almeriaradio.live/

30/04/2023

Our senior lawyer Marisa Moreno Castillo in her role as Danish consul was invited to attend a meeting at the Swedish embassy with all the general consuls from the Scandinavian countries and USA, UK, France and Canada, to discuss working together to improve the service provided by the Spanish government to foreigners.

For all your legal needs in Spain since 1992 www.justlawsolicitors.com
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Malaga - Fuengirola - Marbella.

Whole of Spain covered.

28/03/2023

The German navy frigate"Sachsen" docks in the port of Malaga.

Commander Thomas Liebert,
the Government of the Free State of Saxony represented by State Secretary Mathias Weilandt
and the Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Arnulf Braun,
invited our senior lawyer Marisa Moreno Castillo, who is also the Consul of Denmark in Andalusia and Extremadura, last night to the reception on board.

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11/03/2023

Legal advice in Spain? We saw this on Facebook.

Make sure that your lawyer is only acting for you and avoid any potential conflicts of interest.

Always choose your own independent lawyer. We can help at www.justlawsolicitors.com but are just one of many lawyers in Spain.