Revista Abogacía Spanish no. 135
NUMBER 135. JULY 2022
Like every month of July, the legal profession celebrates the Day of Legal Aid and the Legal Shift. A day to celebrate, but also to claim the improvements that this service needs. We dedicate this issue of the Magazine to this.
In this edition we also analyze cryptocurrencies, a topic very popular with Latest News due to the collapse of its value.
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The legal profession demands "dignified treatment" for duty workers
In 2021, according to data from the XVI Observatory of Legal Aid, cases of legal aid increased by 20%, reaching almost two million. We also tell how the Bar Associations have lived this day and the concentrations of some of them under the motto "The Law fulfills, the Ministry does not". And it is that there are many ex officio legal actions that are not paid, as we explained in the report The unpaid invoice of the trade shift. We have also spoken with the lawyers who have been advising those affected by the La Palma volcano for months.
ALSO DESTACAMOS
"We're here to help you." 24 hours with an on-call lawyer for victims of gender-based violence.
More than 20.000 lawyers are registered in the specialized trade shift that attends to victims of gender violence at any time of the day throughout Spain. We accompany the lawyer Clotilde Bueno in her guard through police stations and courts in Madrid.
Pay in crypto… and in token usage
Cryptocurrencies have come to stay. And that is why its regulation is important through the new EU regulations that will protect the user and make its use safe. It is analyzed by Eloy Velasco, magistrate-judge of the Audiencia Nacional.
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Manuel Portero Frías: "A public defender has a moral obligation to society."
This 82-year-old lawyer from Seville has been working since 1970. A pioneer in the defence of free legal aid, he has just been awarded by the Seville Bar Association for having been practising law and on duty for over 50 years.
