The Central Maritime Court

The sea has traditionally been the main means of transport, especially in the commercial field. Since ancient times, man has tried to dominate it, but  has not always be successful in said task. Witnesses are the numerous shipwrecks spread in the coasts around the...

Can anybody hear me?

It’s a pretty neat place this modern world of ours. National boundaries blur, you can move to another country, set up home and family and run a business. If you are lucky enough to have an EU passport you can freely move to any one of the 28 countries (I’m going to...

Five reasons to review your life insurance needs

There are many stages in life when we should re-evaluate the need to protect our families. No one likes to think about a time after they’ve gone. Yet there are milestones in our life that do, or should, prompt us to think about the future and what might happen to...

Shoot the messenger

The Earth’s warming climate is a problem for everybody. It might be an obvious thing to say given the fact that we, and most other species on the face of the planet seems to be facing an existential threat in the not so distant future, but inexplicably the message...

Spanish matriculation tax: A sailing nightmare

Spanish Matriculation tax is a rara avis in the European tax landscape of the yacht chartering industry. This is a 12% tax on the full value of the boat, hence the large risk when evaluating this tax obligation. The main problem with Spanish matriculation tax is the...