The practice
The administration can be wrong — and the law knows it
Town halls, the Cabildo and the island's public bodies decide every day over licences, sanctions, planning and subsidies. Their decisions arrive presumed valid and immediately enforceable — but presumed is not the same as untouchable. Competence, procedure, motivation and proportionality all have to hold, and remarkably often one of them does not.
What makes this practice unforgiving is the calendar: one month for the ordinary appeal, two for court, one year for damage claims. So we triage fast — we request the administrative file, find where the decision is weakest, and climb the ladder in order: written appeal first, courtroom when the administration insists on being wrong.
What can be appealed
Six decisions we fight
Presumed valid does not mean correct. These are the files that cross this desk every week — usually with most of their deadline already spent.
The route
The appeal ladder
The decision
Bring it dated. From notification, the clocks run: one month for the ordinary appeal, two for court.
The file
We request the expediente and read what the administration actually did. Most wins are found in there.
The written appeal
Cheap, fast, and it keeps every later door open. Suspension is requested with it when enforcement would hurt.
The courtroom
Judicial review before the contencioso courts — with costs pursued when the administration made us go there.
Administrative Litigation questions
Before you ask
Is it worth appealing a fine?
Weigh it against everything the fine carries — points, records, repeat-offence escalations, licence consequences. Many sanctions fall on procedure alone, and the review costs far less than living with the precedent.
Does appealing stop the payment?
A sanction cannot be enforced while an ordinary appeal keeps it from being final. Other decisions remain enforceable unless suspension is granted — which is why we request it in the same filing, with the argument ready.
The administration never answered me. Now what?
Silence has legal value: after the legal period it counts as a refusal — or in some procedures as a yes. Either way it opens the door to appeal, and we make the administration retract or explain itself.
Public works or a public decision cost my business money. Can I claim?
Public bodies answer for the harm they cause. The patrimonial claim has its own procedure, its own evidence burden and a one-year deadline from the damage — document early, claim once, claim well.
Which deadlines am I facing?
As a rule of thumb: one month for the ordinary appeal, two months for court, one year for damage claims — and mere days in procurement. Whatever your case, the answer starts with the date on the notification.
One month. That's the usual window to appeal.
Send us the decision the day it arrives — a lawyer tells you whether it can be fought and how, within one business day.
Prefer to call?
Have the decision reviewed
Tell us what was decided and when it was notified — a lawyer replies within one business day.
Appointment request
Pick the office, day and time that suit you — and bring the notification.