Court orders Canet d'En Berenguer council to pay €276,375 to marina firm
The High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community has ruled in favour of Vitas de Amarre SL against the Canet d'En Berenguer council, ordering €276,375 in damages.
The administrative chamber of the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunitat Valenciana (TSJCV — the region's highest court) issued Ruling 118/2026, condemning the coastal council of Canet d'En Berenguer to pay compensation of €276,375 to Vitas de Amarre SL. The judgment has renewed scrutiny of municipal governance in this small Camp de Morvedre district town of around 8,300 residents, which borders Sagunto and falls within the Sagunto judicial district. The ruling also brings back into the spotlight José Antonio Sancho Sempere, a former municipal secretary previously linked to the affair. The court's decision may prompt the Tribunal de Cuentas (national audit court) to widen its investigation into the payment, a step it was already considering according to earlier reports by the same outlet. The TSJCV was formally constituted on 23 May 1989 and is the top judicial body for Valencian public-law disputes. According to elperiodicodeaqui.com, the ruling increases pressure on the Canet town council.