Laia Galià

2 months ago | en.ara.cat | Laia Galià |Toni Vall |Andrea Zamorano

BarcelonaThe High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has ruled in the legal debate that in recent months has called into question the right to assisted dying. In the opinion of the highest court in Catalonia, a patient's family may be entitled to bring a euthanasia procedure to court even if it has already been approved by the committee of experts charged with studying and validating or rejecting these requests.

2 months ago | es.ara.cat | Laia Galià |Andrea Zamorano |Antoni Bassas

BarcelonaLa juez de paz de Salt, Francesca Terrón, suele realizar unas ocho bodas cada mes, pero solo esta semana ya van seis. "Llevamos dos semanas haciendo bodas a diestro y siniestro", dice en una conversación con el ARA el día antes de que entre en vigor la ley que les quitará la competencia para registrar uniones civiles.

2 months ago | en.ara.cat | Laia Galià |Andrea Zamorano |Sebastià Alzamora |Antoni Bassas

BarcelonaSalt Justice of the Peace, Francesca Terrón, usually performs about eight weddings a month, but this week alone she's already done six. "We've been performing weddings left and right for the past two weeks," she said in a conversation with ARA the day before the law that will take away their authority to register civil unions comes into effect.

2 months ago | es.ara.cat | Laia Galià |Toni Padilla

El Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Catalunya ha aceptado por unanimidad el recurso del futbolista Dani Alves contra su condena a cuatro años y medio de cárcel por agredir sexualmente a una chica en una discoteca de Barcelona. El tribunal ha anulado la sentencia que le condenó porque cree que no hay pruebas suficientes para "superar los estándares que exige la presunción de inocencia". La sentencia de este viernes, que puede recurrirse, supone la absolución del futbolista.

2 months ago | en.ara.cat | Laia Galià |Toni Padilla

The High Court of Justice of Catalonia has unanimously accepted footballer Dani Alves' appeal against his four-and-a-half-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub. The court overturned the sentence because it believes there is insufficient evidence to "surpass the standards required by the presumption of innocence." This Friday's ruling, which can be appealed, means the footballer's acquittal. [We are working to expand this information]