How to report medical malpractice in cosmetic surgeries
The crime of injury caused by medical negligence in aesthetic operations is a subject of great importance in the legal and medical field. It is a crime that occurs when a medical professional fails to comply with the necessary duty of care in performing an aesthetic surgery and, as a result, the patient suffers injuries, […]
NEGREIRA CASE: The crime of corruption between private individuals
The Físcalía de Barcelona has initiated an investigation to F.C Barcelona for an alleged corruption offense in relation to a private company. The Tax Agency investigated the company Dasnil 95, S.L, owned by José María Enríquez Negreira, vice-president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) between 1994 and 2018, for alleged irregularities in its accounts, […]
THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION LAW
On February 16, 2023, the Congress of Deputies approved the Law regulating the protection of persons who report administrative infringements and the fight against corruption, which transposes the Whistleblowing Directive, which obliges companies and Public Administrations to implement a whistleblowing channel to process such reports. The new Law will come into force 20 days after […]
THE NOVELTIES INTRODUCED BY LAW 14/2022 IN CRIMINAL LEGISLATION
The purpose of Organic Law 14/2022, which came into force on January 12, 2023, is to adapt Spanish criminal legislation to the requirements of the Directives issued by the European Union, as well as to reform certain offenses. Below, we will analyze the most relevant novelties introduced by this law. Crime of concealment of corpse […]
THE LAW OF THE ONLY YES IS YES
On October 7, 2022, Organic Law 10/2022, of September 6, on the comprehensive guarantee of sexual freedom, also known as the “Law of the only yes is yes”, came into force. We are faced with a law that has important consequences in the criminal field, especially with regard to crimes against sexual freedom. What is […]
The new crime against workers’ rights under art. 311 of the penal code
As we mentioned in one of our previous articles, by means of the Organic Law 14/2022, which entered into force on January 12, 2023, several crimes of the Penal Code have been reformed.several crimes of the Penal Code have been reformed, among them, the crimes of sedition and embezzlement, but also many others, such as […]
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OFFENSE OF REFUSAL TO TAKE A BREATHALYZER TEST AND THE OFFENSE OF DRUNK DRIVING
The concursal relationship between the crime of refusal to submit to breathalyzer tests, regulated in art. 379.2 of the Penal Code, and the crime of driving under the influence of alcohol, typified in art. 383 of the Penal Code, is a very controversial legal issue, which has generated for years contradictory sentences between different Courts. […]