Andorran jurist Alfredo Casas Navarro dies aged 73

The jurist and lawyer Alfredo Casas Navarro has died in Andorra, his family confirmed. He was 73.

Born in the Horta district of Barcelona, Casas Navarro settled permanently in Andorra in early 2023 after maintaining close ties with the Principality for many years. He had lived in Encamp with his wife and was well known within Andorra’s legal and administrative circles.

A practising lawyer and legal scholar, Casas Navarro specialised in civil, commercial (mercantile), bankruptcy (concursal) and procedural law. He continued to work remotely after suffering a double amputation of his legs during the COVID period, and later shifted from practice to focus on research and writing once he moved to Andorra.

Casas Navarro was a regular contributor of opinion pieces and legal commentary to several Andorran outlets, including Diari d’Andorra, El Periòdic and Altaveu. His columns and articles addressed judicial, administrative, regulatory and institutional topics and were noted for a pedagogical tone aimed at making complex legal issues accessible to the general public. One of his recurring pieces explored the challenges of dual nationality in relation to the Constitution and political reality.

In recent years he devoted himself to the study of Andorran law and customs, and his family said he left four manuscripts on aspects of Andorran law that are due to be published posthumously. According to his family, he was “dedicated in heart and soul to his profession, cultured, kind and a fighter to the end.”

Altaveu reports that he died after a rapid and aggressive cancer that claimed him within a month. A symbolic, non-religious farewell will be held Sunday at 11:00 a.m. at the Plana cemetery in Escaldes.