Group court actions in Spain, for construction related problems
Over the past few years we have dealt with a number of major group court actions in Spain relating to building defects in Spain. In fact, some of the cases have been very high profile and have involved large estates, where many of the properties have suffered from serious structural problems. One estate that we have dealt with, for example, was built upon a clay substrate that was unstable. This has caused the total collapse of a number of properties and considerable movement in a lot of others. As you can imagine, this has been very distressing for the property owners concerned, who have seen their dream properties crumble before their very eyes. Worse still, for many, was the seemingly impossible task of taking successful legal action in Spain against a very large and powerful developer. That is enough to test the strength of the hardiest property owner! Of course,…
