CostaLuz Lawyers publishes a legal blog read by people making real decisions about their residence, their home, their tax position or their estate in Spain. This page explains how that content is produced, what part artificial intelligence plays in it, what our editorial review actually involves, and — most importantly — where the blog ends and professional work begins.
Why we publish this policy
A law firm that publishes legal content takes on a responsibility towards the person reading it. Anyone consulting our blog is entitled to know how what they are reading was produced, who answers for it, and what its limits are.
We publish this out of professional conviction, not to satisfy a formality.
How we use artificial intelligence
We use artificial intelligence tools to support the preparation of blog content. They may be involved in:
- organising and structuring an article;
- producing drafts from sources that we select;
- translating between Spanish and English;
- reviewing style, clarity and readability.
We do not use artificial intelligence to:
- determine the legal position an article takes;
- answer client enquiries;
- produce opinions, submissions, contracts or any document filed with an authority, a notary, a registry or a court;
- replace a lawyer’s analysis of a specific matter.
The legal judgement in our blog always comes from a professional, never from a tool.
What the editorial review involves
Blog content is substantively reviewed and editorially approved by Maria de Castro, a Spanish-qualified lawyer registered with the Cádiz Bar Association under number 2745, founder of CostaLuz Lawyers and the person responsible for the editorial review of the published content.
That review is not a proofread. It covers:
- verifying that the legislation cited is in force and correctly identified;
- checking that legal statements match the official source rather than a popular restatement of it;
- removing generalisations capable of misleading in a particular case;
- confirming that the article does not present itself as advice or promise an outcome;
- the final decision on whether an article is published, corrected or withdrawn.
Every article published on this blog has completed that review. We do not describe as reviewed what has not been reviewed.
Authorship and attribution
Blog articles are corporate content of CostaLuz Lawyers. They carry no individual author byline. The only personal attribution is the editorial review, which belongs to Maria de Castro.
Maria de Castro appears as reviewer and editorial lead. She is not credited with a different specialism depending on the subject of the article: her role is the editorial review of published content, whatever area it concerns.
Translations
Our blog is published in Spanish and English. Some versions are produced by machine translation, assisted by artificial intelligence, from the original article.
Where that is the case, the article says so. In the event of any discrepancy between versions, the original version prevails.
Our consultations, correspondence and documents are handled in Spanish and English only.
When a specialist becomes involved
The blog explains general frameworks. A specific matter is not resolved by a general framework.
A professional at the firm becomes involved, with an individual analysis, when:
- a date, a deadline or a limitation period is in play;
- a choice between routes has tax or succession consequences;
- two or more legal systems are engaged;
- something has to be signed, filed or registered;
- there is a dispute, a claim or proceedings;
- the answer depends on documents that can only be assessed by reading them.
In those situations, the blog helps you frame the question better. It does not answer it.
Why the blog never replaces individual advice
An article addresses an unknown reader. A matter has facts, dates, documents and a particular person behind it.
Two situations that look identical can have different legal answers for reasons no general text can capture: the matrimonial property regime, the date of a contract, the exact wording of a deed, tax residence in a given year, or the applicable regional legislation.
For that reason no content on this blog constitutes legal, tax, immigration, employment, estate-planning or investment advice, and it does not replace an individual assessment or the professional work of the appropriate CostaLuz Lawyers specialist. No action or omission should be based solely on this information.
Corrections
If you find an error in any published content, we would be grateful if you would tell us at marialuisa@costaluzlawyers.es. We review reports of this kind and correct or withdraw content where appropriate.
Getting advice
If your situation calls for an individual assessment, write to marialuisa@costaluzlawyers.es or book a consultation at calendly.com/marialuisa-b4a.
CostaLuz Lawyers. Editorial lead: Maria de Castro, lawyer, Cádiz Bar Association no. 2745.