Legal notice

This legal notice governs access to, browsing of and use of the website https://rodriguezmartinabogados.com (the "Website"), and the responsibilities arising from the use of its contents.

I. General information

In compliance with the duty of information laid down in Article 10 of Spanish Law 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE), the identifying details of the owner of the Website are set out below:

Owner: Christian Rodríguez Martín, lawyer (Rodríguez Martín Abogados).
Tax ID (NIF): 48104276Y.
Professional address: C/ Balmes 188, 4º 1ª · 08006 Barcelona.
Telephone: +34 620 29 29 78.
Email: christianrm19@icab.cat.
Bar association: Barcelona Bar Association (Il·lustre Col·legi de l'Advocacia de Barcelona, ICAB), member no. 45,964.
Professional title: Abogado (lawyer), obtained in Spain.
Applicable professional rules: General Statute of the Spanish Legal Profession (Royal Decree 135/2021 of 2 March), Code of Conduct of the Spanish Legal Profession, Regulations of the Catalan Legal Profession and the ICAB By-laws, available at www.abogacia.es and www.icab.cat.

The owner is bound by professional secrecy and holds the professional liability insurance required by bar regulations.

II. General terms and conditions of use

Purpose. The purpose of the Website is to present the firm's professional activity, practice areas and contact details, and to allow users to request information or a first consultation. Access to the Website is free of charge, apart from the cost of the connection through the telecommunications network supplied by each user's provider.

Nature of the information. The contents of the Website are for general information only. Under no circumstances do they constitute legal advice or replace professional consultation on a specific case. Sending an enquiry through the form, by email, by telephone or by WhatsApp does not in itself create a lawyer-client relationship, which arises only upon express acceptance of the instruction by means of the corresponding engagement letter.

Status of user. Accessing and browsing the Website confers the status of user and implies full acceptance of this legal notice, the privacy policy and the cookie policy. The user declares that they are of legal age and have sufficient legal capacity to be bound by these terms.

User obligations. The user undertakes to make appropriate and lawful use of the Website and its contents, in accordance with applicable law, this legal notice, morality, good practice and public order. In particular, the user shall refrain from: (a) using the Website for unlawful purposes or effects, harmful to the rights and interests of third parties, or in any way that may damage, disable, overload or impair the Website or prevent its normal use; (b) introducing or spreading computer viruses or any other physical or logical system capable of causing damage; (c) attempting to access, use or manipulate the data of the owner, third-party providers or other users; (d) reproducing, copying, distributing, publicly communicating or transforming the contents without express authorisation; and (e) submitting through the forms information that is false, inaccurate or belongs to third parties without their consent.

Changes. The owner reserves the right to modify, at any time and without prior notice, the presentation, configuration and contents of the Website, as well as the conditions required for its use, and to suspend access temporarily for technical or maintenance reasons.

III. Access and browsing: exclusion of warranties and liability

The owner does not guarantee the continuity, availability or usefulness of the Website or its contents, although it will do everything reasonably possible to ensure their proper operation. Nor does it guarantee the absence of viruses or other elements that may alter the user's computer system, electronic documents or files, and it accepts no liability for any damage that may result.

The owner shall not be liable for damages of any kind arising from: (a) the unavailability or lack of continuity of the Website; (b) the interruption, suspension or cancellation of access for reasons beyond its control; (c) errors in the contents, which will be corrected as soon as they come to its attention; and (d) the use users make of the information contained on the Website, which must in all cases be checked against professional advice on the specific matter.

The contents of the Website are updated periodically, but legislation and case law change frequently. The owner does not guarantee that the information is current at the time it is consulted.

IV. Links policy

The Website may contain links to third-party websites (for example, Google Maps, WhatsApp, the Bar Association or the Spanish Data Protection Agency). The owner has no control over those sites, accepts no responsibility for their contents, services or privacy policies, and the inclusion of a link does not imply approval or recommendation. Users access them at their own risk.

Third parties wishing to link to the Website may do so only to its home page, without reproducing its contents, without false or inaccurate statements about the owner, and without the link being construed as sponsorship, collaboration or supervision by the owner. Links from sites containing unlawful content, content contrary to professional ethics or content that may damage the firm's image are not authorised.

V. Intellectual and industrial property

The Website, its source code, design, navigation structure, texts, logos, trademarks, images and other contents are the property of Christian Rodríguez Martín or of third parties who have authorised their use, and are protected by Spanish and international intellectual and industrial property law (Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996 of 12 April approving the consolidated text of the Intellectual Property Act, and Law 17/2001 of 7 December on Trademarks).

The name "Rodríguez Martín Abogados" and the "RM" monogram are distinctive signs of the firm. Their use without the express written authorisation of the owner is prohibited.

Access to the Website does not grant users any rights over those contents. Only their viewing and, where applicable, printing or downloading for personal and private use is authorised. Any other reproduction, distribution, public communication, transformation or making available, in whole or in part, requires the prior written consent of the owner. Third-party photographs used on the Website are used under licence from their authors.

VI. Legal action, applicable law and jurisdiction

The owner reserves the right to bring such civil or criminal actions as it deems appropriate for the improper use of the Website and its contents or for breach of these terms.

The relationship between the user and the owner is governed by Spanish law. For the resolution of any dispute arising from access to or use of the Website, the parties submit to the courts of Barcelona, unless the applicable law establishes a different mandatory jurisdiction, as is the case where the user is a consumer, in which event the courts of the user's place of residence shall have jurisdiction.