Road accidents and contributory negligence

Road accidents and contributory negligence Under Italian Law, the contributory negligence for a road accident occurs when the liability is not totally borne by a single party, but also by the other party that someway contributed to cause the accident and this applies also to pedestrians. First of all, there are two types of contributory […]

Italian citizenship by marriage

Italian defamation and social media If you are a foreign citizen or a stateless person and you marry an Italian citizen, according to Italian Law, you are eligible to obtain the so-called Italian citizenship by marriage. Requirements Italian citizenship by marriage can be obtained when one of the spouses is Italia.Under Italian Law, the non-Italian […]

Italian defamation and social media

Italian defamation and social media Italian Defamation offence occurs when anyone, by communicating with other people, causes damages to the honour or reputation of others. In such case, the offence is implemented within art. 595 Criminal Code and the penalty is fines or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. However, in the event […]

Allowance to the ex if no proof of concrete possibility to work is provided

Allowance to the ex if no proof of concrete possibility to work is provided Alimony is due unless the former spouse’s ability to work il fully proved. The Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) in its order no. 22758/2022 specifies that if the husband does not want to recognize the divorce allowance to his former […]

Wilful failure to execute a court order in relation to parent’s visiting rights

Wilful failure to execute a court order in relation to parent’s visiting rights The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a mother for evading a court order concerning the custody of her minor daughter. In fact, the woman moved abroad with the child even though the judge had established certain conditions for the father’s visitation […]