Keys This is how the new mediation mechanisms that promise to speed up justice in Spain work

The measures of the Law on the Efficiency of the Public Service of Justice, which was approved last January among multiple polemics, are already taking place in the Spanish courts. From this Thursday, before starting some judicial proceedings, it will be mandatory to go to the MASC (Suitable Means of Settlement of Disputes) “so that the claim is admissible.” These means—mediation, conciliation, the neutral opinion of an independent expert...—are…

The implementation of Organic Law 1/2025 on procedural efficiency puts in difficulty the Consellería de Xustiza, which has received the 'No' of the Consello da Avogacía Galega to the draft of the proposed agreement.

The president of the General Council of the Spanish Attorney General, Salvador González Martín, has acknowledged this Friday that "there are now many doubts and uncertainty" about the law of efficiency of the public service of justice and hopes that the obligation to seek an agreement before filing a civil or commercial lawsuit -- which has entered into force this Thursday -- does not restrict the access of the citizenry to justice. This has bee…

With the entry into force of Organic Law 1/2025 on procedural efficiency, a genuine revolution is established in the way of dealing with civil and commercial conflicts: it will be mandatory to attempt an adequate means of dispute resolution (MASC) before filing a lawsuit. This normative shift not only relieves saturated courts, but goes much further: it humanizes the way to resolve health conflicts, giving the patient and the professional their …

The new law represents the most profound transformation of the courts in the last 40 years

Lawyers, judges, prosecutors and the rest of legal operators are waiting for the changes introduced by the entry into force this Thursday of the star law of Félix Bolaños - already projected by his predecessor in office, Pilar Llop - called Efficiency of the Public Justice Service.