Final approval of law on measures for the efficiency of the public service

The Organic Act 1/2025, of January 2, on measures regarding the efficiency of the Public Justice Service includes the following changes to civil procedures that affect businesses:

• The most outstanding measure is the introduction of the Appropriate Means of Dispute Resolution ("MASC") as a requirement for the admissibility of judicial (civil and commercial) claims.
• The regulation includes other procedural amendments, e.g., (i) if electronic summonses do not work, an attempt must be made to deliver a summons to the company’s physical address before using public notices; and (ii) reforms to the process for "oral proceedings" (juicio verbal).
• It also reorganizes the courts of first instance by creating new "first instance tribunals".

To see all the details of this reform, please refer to the attached document.