The courts have ordered a lawyer to pay more than 10,000 euros for trying to profit from revolving credit card lawsuits: he filed six claims instead of one to collect six times the amount.
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A court in Palencia, Spain, has ordered a lawyer to pay 10,490.51 euros to the lending company 4Finance Spain Financial Services. The ruling follows the lawyer's attempt to profit from litigation involving 'revolving' credit cards by filing six separate lawsuits instead of one, effectively attempting to collect legal fees six times for a single case.
The court's decision addresses the legal practice of fragmenting claims to manipulate litigation costs. By penalizing the attorney for this strategy, the ruling serves as a judicial check on the abuse of legal processes related to consumer credit disputes.
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