Juicio verbal civil. Trámite.

In civil proceedings, there are only two declaratory proceedings that can be considered common: alongside ordinary proceedings, there are summary proceedings, whose name reflected its main characteristic, at least in its initial design: orality. Except for the concise statement of claim and the judgment, which were the only necessary written acts, the rest of the proceedings were oral (Art. 248.2 LEC). It was also structured on the principle of concentrating all procedural activity in the hearing. Law 42/2015, of October 5, amending the Civil Procedure Law, substantially changes the structure of summary proceedings with the incorporation of the defendant's written response (Art. 438.1 LEC), which was not included in the initial structure of summary proceedings under the LEC. In any case, the simplification of summary proceedings is more apparent than real, since its classification based on subject matter involves numerous procedural specializations that complicate its study. Let us examine the general procedure.