He Barcelona ex Officio Shift This is in trouble: he has more and more files for a smaller number of lawyers. At the press conference consisted in Barcelona Lawyer College (ICAB)Dean of the corporation, Christina Valieroand the deputy responsible for the change of ex fficio, Christina KapuzThey explained that in the first semester of 2025, 71,123 actions were calculated, which is 4.96% more in inter -day terms. Or the same thing: on average 5927 performances per month. At the same time, they found that this public service attracts less professionals. At the moment, He has 2858 lawyers, almost 4% less This is a year ago.
“This is a stable drop,” Walleho warned in his first public actions after winning the decan elections. “A year after year is a drop of colleagues who discharge. We need an urgent answer to solve the problems of the former official and his reliability, ”he said.
Today, the average age of these lawyers from a former official switches to 53 years. “There is a problem of sustainability,” Valleho insistedThe field of one of the main goals of the new ICAB council is to increase public prices received by lawyers who provide this service. It should be remembered that 15 years have not been updated in accordance with the IPC.
Emotional support and constant training measures of these lawyers will also be strengthened. In a more practical, but no less important aspect, work is performed in order to reach agreements with police sites, courts, ports and airports to guarantee free parking spaces. They also want to deploy telematic media to facilitate the task of lawyers.
Detailed numbers
He A criminal scale He concentrates the majority of actions performed on ex outicio of icab. In particular, 45,267 proceedings in the first six months of 2025, 7% more than in the same period of 2024. In fact, 92% of criminal actions during the delimitation of Barcelona are carried out by lawyers registered in the change of ex Officio.
In the change ex fficio, the criminal volume can be compatible with Gender violence And Macho violence The first covers the criminal behavior only when the affective relations between the victim and the aggressor are mediated, while the second is distributed with these affective relations. Together there was a significant increase in actions that increased to 6473, which is 18% more.
Kapuz showed that “after the entry into force of 1/2025, the victims of sexist violence will also have free help for a simple fact to be victims, as the victims of gender violence.” Although this advance will benefit many women, The deputy warned that the public service could strain even moreField
Thirds, civil actions appear that record 6,053 files, an eight -year increase by 7%.
