32 Days to Homelessness – Not Hopelessness

I have been researching the juristiction of the English Courts. I have been informed by A.H., solicitor, of Wooley & Co that “The English courts do not have jurisdiction over Spanish property.”  I have read this in other places apart from Wooley & Co’s website too during my research but have yet to find a law that I can quote or a definative answer as to why I am about to become homeless.

A.H. also said in her letter, “Whether however there is any such procedure that can be commenced in Spain to obtain recognition of an English court order I am afraid is a question that only a Spanish lawyer can answer. The opposite can be commenced in England and so this may be the situation.” Indeed that does appear to be the case. Do you think A.H is destined to become a polititian?

But the fact remains I was only made aware of the situation by chance and have never even been served with a notice!

So how does anyone make any sense of this?

Either the juristiction of the English Courts does or does not have juristiction over Spanish property…let’s not be wooly about this. There is hope I and you will get an answer to this!

Please feel free to leave a comment below especially if you have some useful information…:-)

Slipping through the legal net, a 53 year old Englishman, resident in Spain, is to lose his house and home within a matter of days. He has fallen victim to cross-border legal processes and unfortunate circumstances which include an archaic and somewhat secretive, local legal system. The plot thickens.