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Lisbon Court of Appeal | Agreement to arbitrate by reference | Standard Form Contracts | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | 07-07-2016 | Case #054

Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 07-07-2016 Case Nr. 508/14.0TBLNH-A.L1-2 LINK DGSI Headline: It will be considered sufficient for the purpose of incorporation if the contract signed by the parties or the correspondence between them contains a reference to a document containing the arbitration agreement. The “competence-competence” principle applies with one exception arising from the application… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Agreement to arbitrate by reference | Standard Form Contracts | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | 07-07-2016 | Case #054

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitration’s Costs | Motivation of the arbitral award | 13-02-2014 | Case #041

Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 13-02-2014 Case Nr. 1053/13.7YRLSB-2 LINK DGSI   Headline: It is up to the arbitral tribunal to decide on their fees and other costs of the arbitration. It shall not be annulled a final award that does not contain the motivation regarding the factual background that was considered to be proven by… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitration’s Costs | Motivation of the arbitral award | 13-02-2014 | Case #041

Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) | State Courts are not Competent to Decide the Validity of an Arbitration Agreement | 09-07-2015 | Case #075

Supreme Court of Justice Date: 09-07-2015 Case Nr. 1770/13.1TVLSB.L1.S1 LINK DGSI Headlines: The arbitral tribunal is competent to decide the validity of the arbitration agreement, unless such invalidity is blatant. Summary: 1. The interpretation of any arbitration agreement, such as an arbitration clause, relating to possible and future disputes arising from a specific contractual relationship,… Read More »Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) | State Courts are not Competent to Decide the Validity of an Arbitration Agreement | 09-07-2015 | Case #075

Guimarães Court of Appeal | Competence of the Judicial Court to Decide the Validity of the Arbitration Agreement | 08-03-2012 | Case #074

Guimarães Court of Appeal Date: 08.03.2012 Case Nr. 1387/11.5TBBCL-B.G1 LINK DGSI Headlines: The state court is competent to decide the validity of the arbitration agreement if that validity is the subject matter of the dispute brought to the court. Summary: 1. In order to determine the nature of the subject matter at issue, it is… Read More »Guimarães Court of Appeal | Competence of the Judicial Court to Decide the Validity of the Arbitration Agreement | 08-03-2012 | Case #074

Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal)| State Courts are not Competent to Decide the Validity of the Arbitration Agreement | 02-06-2015 | Case #073

Supreme Court of Justice Date: 02-06-2015 Case Nr. 1279/14.6TVLSB.S1 LINK DGSI  Headlines: The arbitral tribunal is competent to decide the validity of the arbitration agreement, unless such invalidity is blatant. Summary: 1. Given that the parties have agreed on arbitration to solve any dispute arising out of the contract they have entered into, and the… Read More »Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal)| State Courts are not Competent to Decide the Validity of the Arbitration Agreement | 02-06-2015 | Case #073

Porto Court of Appeal | Competence of the Arbitral Tribunal to decide the Validity of the Arbitration Agreement | 13-04-2015 | Case #072

Porto Court of Appeal Date: 13-04-2015 Case Nr. 471/14.8TVPRT.P1 LINK DGSI Headlines: The arbitral tribunal is competent to decide the validity of the arbitration agreement, and the state court may not decide that issue unless such invalidity is blatant. Summary: 1. Given that the parties entered into a ‘master agreement’, which stated that it was… Read More »Porto Court of Appeal | Competence of the Arbitral Tribunal to decide the Validity of the Arbitration Agreement | 13-04-2015 | Case #072

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Multy-Party Arbitration & Swaps |14-06-2018 | Case #071

Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 14-06-2018 Case Nr. 81/17.8YELSB-8 LINK DGSI Headlines: A swap master agreement entered separately into with different individuals and the bank allows the joinder of multiple claimants in arbitration. Summary: 1. If a number of swap agreements between different individuals and the same Bank is concluded under a similar contractual framework,… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Multy-Party Arbitration & Swaps |14-06-2018 | Case #071

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Modification of Arbitral Awards | 28-01-2016 | Case #070

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Modification of Arbitral Awards | 28-01-2016 Date: 28-01-2016 Case Nr. 660/15.8YRLSB-2 Link DGSI Headlines An arbitral award may be modified if the facts on which it was based have subsequently suffered a material change.   Summary 1. The extent to which the motivation of the arbitral award is required for… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Modification of Arbitral Awards | 28-01-2016 | Case #070

Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal)| State Courts are not Competent to Decide the Validity of the Arbitration Agreement |28-05-2015 | Case #069

Supreme Court of Justice Date: 28-05-2015 Case Nr. 2040/13.0TVLSB.L1.S1 LINK DGSI  Headlines: State courts are not competent to decide the invalidity of the arbitration agreement, unless such invalidity is blatant. Summary: 1. Since the defendant invoked an arbitration agreement in a timely manner, only in cases where such agreement is manifestly invalid, inoperative or ineffective… Read More »Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal)| State Courts are not Competent to Decide the Validity of the Arbitration Agreement |28-05-2015 | Case #069

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitration in Standard Form Contracts | 24-02-2015 | Case #068

Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 24-02-2015 Case Nr. 2186.13.5TVLSB.L1-7 LINK DGSI Headlines: An arbitration agreement included in a standard form contract (such as a swap agreement) produces a negative effect upon the jurisdiction of the state court to hear a dispute brought in relation to it, even if the petitioner has claimed for its invalidity… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitration in Standard Form Contracts | 24-02-2015 | Case #068