Carlos Villacorta included in the Best Lawyer 2020 ranking.
Carlos Villacorta, managing partner of BCV Lex Abogados Avocats has just been included in the Best Lawyer 2020 ranking. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected international directory of lawyers, in the world. The fact that a lawyer appears in their ranking
BCVLEX files the first product liability action against Airbus resulting from intoxication due to fumes in cabin.
In coalition with Alisa Brodkowitz, attorney of the Seattle based firm Friedman Rubin, BCV Lex has filed an action for damages on behalf of two American pilots who sustained severe damages while flying an Airbus A320 in the United States. Fumes
PIP Report – 01-03-2017
On 16 February 2017, the European Court of Justice answered the questions referred by the Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court) concerning the interpretation of Directive 93/42 on medical devices on the occasion of Madame Schmitt's file, a German carrier of PIP
PIP report Nº6
TÜV, the German body responsible for the certification of PIP breast implants, was sentenced last January 20, 2017 by the Toulon Commercial Court in France, to compensate with 3,000 € to 20,000 plaintiffs, all victims of fraudulent prosthetics. This is a
2016 Global Justice Network Spring Conference
Global Justice Network’s recently held its 2016 Spring Conference in Madrid. More than thirty members of different countries attended to the meetings. The “Círculo de Bellas Artes” building, in the heart of Madrid, was the most appropriate venue for so many
Successful claim filed by the law firm BCVLex against the Spanish Tax Agency
This publication is intended for non-resident citizens in Spain who have paid succession or donation taxes in Spain in the last four years. Several complaints addressed to the Spanish Tax Agency have been won representing non-resident French in our country. The Court
10th seminar of The European Air Law Association on liability
The European Air Law Association (EALA) organizes, on September the 14th in Munich, the 10th seminar on Liability, passenger rights, and insurance in the air transport and aerospace industries. This will involve, inter alia, aspects related to the Regulation 261/2004 , legal
Press realease nº3 PIP
On July 2nd, 2015, the Aix-en-Provence Court of appeal published its judgment on the appeal lodged by the notified body, TÜV Rheinland (TÜV), regarding the decision rendered against it by the Commercial Court of Toulon on November 13th. The decision
PIP: Status note on proceedings 27-03-15
BCV Lex has filed multiple civil complaints in the PIP case at the Commercial Court of Toulon (France) in the last weeks against TUV Rheinland. These complaints represent some 500 victims, e.g. patients with PIP breast implants, plastic surgeons, distributors and
Historic Victory for the families of the Bashkirian Airlines accident
The 1st of July 2002, in German airspace, a Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev 154M aircraft collided in flight with a DHL Boeing 757. All occupants of both aircrafts perished. The Russian flight was carrying a group of adolescents heading Spain to