Badia)advocats successfully defends Carme Arenas in the Catalan PEN lawsuit. The claimant was requesting nearly 600,000 euros for alleged financial irregularities and the judge not only absolved Carme Arenas, but also ordered PEN to pay the legal costs. A complex and long process in which the writer has counted on our advice throughout.
“There has been a lot of suffering and, also, a lot of work by our lawyers. They have never provided us with any documentation”, emphasizes Carme Arenas, who chaired the Catalan PEN from 2010 until 2018. Our partner Joaquim Badia has led the work of Badia)advocats throughout the process, which has lasted almost four years. “The accounting was accurate and there is no hole. It has been demonstrated in the trial because the defense presented a complete expert report”.
“There has been a lot of suffering and, also, a lot of work on the part of our lawyers,” says Carme Arenas. Our partner Joaquim Badia has led the process, which has lasted almost four years
Badia)advocats has professionals from different areas and among our specialties are procedural and arbitration. Thanks to our long experience we have been able to advise Carme Arenas in a complex and painful process, due to the claim of an entity to which she has dedicated almost 17 years of her life, first as general secretary and then as president. The demand was for 597,896 euros. That is why it is worth mentioning the forcefulness of the sentence, which not only certifies that during all these years there has not been a single economic irregularity and not a single unjustified expense has been found, in addition to making PEN pay the legal costs. The judge even emphasizes that the writer and translator was paid less than what she would be entitled to compared to similar positions in other cultural entities.
