{"id":10465,"date":"2020-09-24T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T09:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dpcon.es\/contractual-liability-limitation-7-october-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-09-24T09:06:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T09:06:47","slug":"contractual-liability-limitation-7-october-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dpcon.es\/en\/contractual-liability-limitation-7-october-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Do contractual liability time limits expire on 7 October 2020?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#f7f7f7&#8243; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#f9f9f9&#8243; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;262deg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|7px|0px|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;4px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Playfair Display|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.1em&#8221;]<h1>Do the time limits for contractual liability expire this 7 October?<\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;content&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||&#8221;]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9kYXRlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJkYXRlX2Zvcm1hdCI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJjdXN0b21fZGF0ZV9mb3JtYXQiOiIifX0=@[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;2px|0px|15px|0px|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;12px|0px|18px|0px|false|false&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; global_module=&#8221;5075&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<span class=\"post_thumbnail \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/dpcon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-de-octubre-OK.jpg\" class=\"attachment-\u201c100%\u201c size-\u201c100%\u201c wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dpcon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-de-octubre-OK.jpg 569w, https:\/\/dpcon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-de-octubre-OK-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/span>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;20px|0px|27px|0px|false|false&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Lato||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#3d3d3d&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221;]<h2><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>   <\/strong>Do all contractual liability actions arising from purchases made in recent years expire on 7 October 2020?<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>               With the amendment of article 1964 of the Civil Code in the 2015 reform of the Civil Procedure Act (LEC), the limitation period for personal actions, including actions for contractual liability, was reduced from 15 to 5 years.<\/p>\n<p>               The first final provision stated that the reform would come into force on 7 October 2015 and, as a &#8220;transitional regime&#8221; for purchases or any other legal relationship arising between 7 October 2005 and 7 October 2015, it set a limitation period for those actions ending on <strong>7 October 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>                   <strong>We lawyers had that date marked in bold in our calendars<\/strong>, because from then on all limitation periods for personal actions would be standardised: <strong>from that point<\/strong>, <strong>there would be 5 years to bring an action rather than 15, and all earlier ones would &#8220;die&#8221; on that day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>          However, with the declaration of the state of alarm by Royal Decree 463\/2020 of 14 March, all limitation and expiry periods for any actions and rights were suspended, a suspension that was lifted on 4 June by Royal Decree 537\/2020.<\/p>\n<p>                 As a result, <strong><u>all time limits<\/u><\/strong> (including, for example, the time limits for bringing an action for contractual liability against a developer) <strong><u>are extended by a further two and a half months<\/u><\/strong>. 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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Do all contractual liability actions arising from purchases made in recent years expire on 7 October 2020? &nbsp; With the amendment of article 1964 of the Civil Code in the 2015 reform of the Civil Procedure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"contractual liability limitation period","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Contractual Liability Deadline: 7 October 2020? - %%sitename%%","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"The 2015 reform cut the limitation period for contractual liability from 15 to 5 years. 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