Andorra Court Awards €4,000 for Judicial Delays in Eviction Case Tied to TheGrefg

Andorra's Superior Court has partially upheld a claim against judicial delays, ordering the government to pay €4,000 to a godmother from Escaldes-Engordany who battled eviction from an apartment owned by a company linked to Spanish YouTuber TheGrefg.

The dispute originated in August 2020, when the company bought the building at number 1 Carrer de l'Obac in Escaldes-Engordany and moved to evict all tenants. The woman, the sole remaining occupant of two flats merged into one on the second floor, resisted, citing a verbal rental agreement with the prior owner. As renovation work proceeded, the building's enclosures remained open, exposing her home to the elements—freezing pipes in winter, among other issues—and rendering it uninhabitable for an extended period.

She successfully challenged both the eviction and the failure to restore the enclosures pending a ruling. The Superior Court suspended the eviction and later ordered the owner to secure the premises. However, the Batllia repeatedly delayed enforcing that order, prompting her to file repeated claims for malfunctioning justice administration.

In a recent plenary session, the court ruled that these delays breached her rights, awarding €4,000 in compensation from the state. It rejected her additional request for legal costs incurred in pushing for compliance. The enclosures have now been completed in 2025.

Her lawyer plans to pursue a contract breach claim against the property company over the prolonged uninhabitable conditions and to seek accountability from the Batllia judge, whose case management the court described as "disconcerting." The prosecution and government had argued the claim was time-barred, but the court disagreed.