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This section is a compilation of the Portuguese case law related to arbitration. The information provided includes:
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List of Arbitration Cases
Case 991/20.5YRLSB.S1 22-06-2023 Link to DGSI Summary: I. The judgment rendered in a special action for the recognition of a foreign arbitral award is subject to a review appeal to the Supreme Court under the provisions of Article 671(1) of the Code …- Guimarães Court of Appeal | Criminal Proceedings | Arbitrability | Case #132 Case nr. 38/21.4YRGMR 13-07-2021 LINK DGSI Summary: While criminal proceedings are pending against the claimant for facts attributed to him, the arbitral tribunal …
- Case nr. 56/21.2YRCBR.C1 08-07-2021 LINK DGSI Summary: The rules of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply even by default to arbitration proceedings subject to the Voluntary Arbitration Law (Law No. 63/2011 of 14 December 2011), save if the …
- Porto Court of Appeal | Action for Annulment of an Arbitral Award | Time Limit for Completion of Proceedings | Duty to State Reasons | Case #128Case nr. 298/20.8YRPRT28-01-2021LINK DGSI Summary: I. Article 43 of the Voluntary Arbitration Law …
- Guimarães Court of Appeal | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Lack of Jurisdiction | Arbitration Agreement| Case #122Case nr. 149/20.3T8BRG.G114-01-2021LINK DGSI Summary: I. According to Art. 96 of the Portuguese Code of Civil Procedure, the …
- Guimarães Court of Appeal | Annulment of an Arbitral Award | Ultra petitum | Case #122Case nr. 122/20.1YRGMR21-01-2021LINK DGSI Summary: I. In a special lawsuit for the annulment of an arbitral award, the state court only has the jurisdiction …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | International Maritime Transport| International Arbitration | Arbitration Clause| Case #121Case nr. 175/17.0TNLSB.L1-715-12-2020LINK DGSI Summary: I – Portuguese law does not contain any rule that prevents the …
- Supreme Court of Justice |Penalty Clause | International Public Policy of the Portuguese State | Case #116Case nr. 2004/08.6TVLSB.L2.S110-11-2020LINK DGSI Summary: I. Having determined that the stipulation of the parties is a penalty clause of a …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | Annulment of an Arbitral Award | Principle of Equality | Adversarial Principle | Assessment of Evidence | Merits of the case| State Court| Case #115Case nr. 1609/20.1YRLSB-619-11-2020LINK DGSI Headline: Article 39(4) of the …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitration Costs | Costs follow the event principle | Case #114Case nr. 104/20.3YRLSB-210-09-2020LINK DGSI Summary: If the terms of reference of the ad hoc tribunal specifically provide that the allocation “of the …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | Impecuniosity and State Legal Aid | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Agreement | Case #113Case nr. 3504/19.8T8FNC.L1-618-06-2020LINK DGSI Summary: If the petitioner benefits from the State legal aid, for being established …
Guimarães Court of Appeal | Annulment of the Arbitral Award| Factual Background of the Arbitral Award | Lack of motivation| International Public Policy of Portugal | Case #112Case nr. 117/19.8YRGMR28-05-2020LINK DGSI Headline: When deciding a …- Case nr. 6036/17.5T8LSB.L1-05-05-2020LINK DGSI Summary: I- Insurance contracts are assumed to be contracts in favour of a third party, in which the policyholder acts on behalf of a determined or indeterminate insured person; II- In such cases, the …
- Case nr. 772/19.9YRLSB-607-05-2020LINK DGSI Summary: I- The mandatory arbitral tribunal provided for in Law No. 62/2011 shall have jurisdiction to examine, by way of a limited exception to a peremptory rule, the question of the invalidity of the …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | Lack of Financial Means | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Agreement | Kompetenz – Kompetenz | Case #109Case nr. 415/18.8T8SNT.L1-205-03-2020LINK DGSI Headline: In a case where the formal validity of the arbitration …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | Independence and Impartiality of the Arbitrators | IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest | Multiple Appointments | Duty to Disclose | Case #108Case nr. 1577/18.0YRLSB-111-02-2020LINK DGSI Summary: I- Non-compliance or …
- Lisbon Appeal Court | Time Limit to Seek Annulment | Annulment of Arbitral Awards | Vexatious Litigation | Litigate in Bad Faith | Limitation Period | Bad Faith’s Litigation | IBA Guidelines | Independence and Impartiality | Case #107Case nr. …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | Disregard of the Arbitration Clause| 13-09-2018 | Case #106Case nr. 2741/16.1T8PTM.L1-213-09-2018LINK DGSI Headline: The law attributes to the arbitral tribunal the competence, in the first place, to assess its competence to …
- Case nr. 2470/18.1YRLSB.L1-816-05-2019LINK DGSI …
- Supreme Court of Justice | Group of Companies| Arbitration Agreement | Tacit Consent to Arbitrate | Case #104Case nr. 28/14.3TBOHP.C1.S115-01-2019LINK DGSI Headline: The parties’ agreement to submit the resolution of one or more determined or …
- Lisbon Appeal Court | Recognition of Foreign Arbitral Awards |Case nr. 2004/08.6TVLSB.L2-711-12-2018LINK DGSI Headline: The court of appeal should not be aware of issues that have not been raised in the court whose decision is under appeal and that, …
- Disregard of the arbitration clause | Appeal before the Supreme Court of Justice|Case nr. 22574/16.4TB8LSB.L1.S108-11-2018LINK DGSI Summary: I- The existence of an arbitral tribunal established by virtue of an arbitration clause is a determining …
- Central Administrative Court | Jurisdiction of Tax Arbitral Tribunals| 27-09-2018 | Case #101Case nr. 9933/16.1BCLSB27-09-2018LINK DGSI Headline: According to the tax arbitration regime, the following claims are covered by the jurisdiction of …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitral Award | Principle of Exhaustion of Jurisdictional Power | Compulsory Pecuniary Penalties | 09-01-2020 | Case #100Case nr. 2970.19.6YRSB-609-01-2020 LINK DGSI Headline: The termination of the arbitrator’s …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | Recognition of Foreign Arbitral Awards | Public Policy | Contract Obtained by Corruption | Case #99 Case nr. 1667/18.9YRLSB-B.L1-2 25-03-2019 and 10-10-2019 LINKS DGSI HERE and HERE Headline: The stay of a recognition …
- Case nr. 8927/18.7T8LSB-A.L1.S1 12-11-2019 LINK DGSI Headline: An arbitration agreement is interpreted according to the rules that apply to the interpretation of contracts. The arbitral tribunal is competent to decide upon its own competence. The …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal ||Date: 27-11-2014 ||Case Nr. 703/14.2YRLSB.L1-2 ||LINK DGSI || Headline: An arbitral tribunal has not exceeded its power when it declares relief pursuant to an amendment to the memorials in the arbitration, as long as there …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | Case #97 Case nr. 1123/19.8YRLSB-L1-2 26-09-2019 LINK DGSI Headline: The judicial procedure aimed at reducing the remuneration and expenses of the arbitral trribunal is urgent and, therefore, a suspension of the procedure …
- Coimbra Court of Appeal | Arbitration Costs | Application of judicial costs to arbitral proceedings | Case #96 Case nr. 1957/18.0YRLSB.C1 LINK DGSI Headline: The Legal Regulation of the Judicial Procedural Costs is not applicable to arbitral …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | Motivation of Arbitral Awards | Annulment | 27-06-2019 | Case nr. 2794/18.8YRLSB.L1-2 | Case #95 LINK DGSI Headline: According to the Portuguese Arbitration Law, an arbitration award which lacks reasoning shall be considered …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | Penalty Clauses | Competence of Arbitral Tribunals to award Penalty Clauses | 06-06-2019| Case #94 Case nr. 1460/18.9 YRLSB.L1-6 LINK DGSI Headline: Arbitral tribunals shall have the power to enforce a penalty payment, …
- (Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Counterclaim – Admissibility | 14-05-2019| Case #93 Case nr. 1296/17.4YRLSB.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: According to Art. 33(4) of the Portuguese Arbitration Law, the admissibility of a counterclaim depends on …
- (Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Standard Form Contracts | Swaps | 14-05-2019 | Case #92 Case nr. 2741/16.1T8PTM.L1.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: Even though there is no express arbitration agreement in the contract, the mere …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 07-05-2019 Case Nr. 2553/18.8YRLSB.L1-2 LINK DGSI Headline: Art. 39(4) of the Portuguese Arbitration Law provides that the right to appeal depends on the parties’ express agreement. However, this regime concerns …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 02-05-2019 Case Nr. 1956/18.2YRLSB-6 LINK DGSI Headline: In a mandatory arbitration initiated according to Law Nr. 62/2011, of 12 December 2011, the defendant is prevented from contest the claim by raising an objection …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 07-03-2019 Case Nr. 7459/16.2T8LSB-A.L1-2 LINK DGSI Headline: The insured is not bound by the arbitration agreement inserted in an insurance contract entered into between the insurer and the policyholder. Summary: …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 21-03-2019 Case Nr. 1412/18.9YRLSB.L1-2 LINK DGSI Headline: The arbitral award must contain its motivation, consisting of an assessment of the evidence produced, the indication of the facts proven, particularly those …
- Guimarães Court of Appeal Date: 21-02-2019 Case Nr. 317/18.8T8PRT.G1 LINK DGSI Headline: The supervening economic impossibility of the signatories of an arbitration agreement (preventing them from bearing the inevitable costs of such …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 15-01-2019 Case Nr. 28/14.3TBOHP.C1.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: An arbitration agreement may be extended to non-signatory parties that belng to the same group of companies Summary: According to Arts. 406, nr. 2 …
- The IBA Guidelines are American rules, unfit for the European rules, and are useful as any document on ethics, but the parties are not obliged to comply with them, much less the arbitrators.
- Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitrators’ Fees | Due Process | 19-02-2015 | Case #085 Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 19-02-2015 Case Nr. 1422/14.5YRLSB.L1-8 LINK DGSI Headlines: In arbitral proceedings, compliance with the due process principles …
- (Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Decision on the Constitutionality and Res Judicata | 27-11-2018 | Case #83 Date: 27/11/2018 Case Nr. 1030/12.5TVLSB.L1.S1.S2 Link DGSI HERE Headline It is up to the arbitral tribunal to …
- (Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice Case Nr. 598/17.4YRLSB S1 Date: 04/12/2018 Link DGSI HERE Headlines The arbitral tribunal has competence to decide on its own competence, and the appointment of an arbitrator by a party does not deprive it of …
- Guimarães Court of Appeal | Annulment of the Arbitral Award | Res judicata | 15-11-2018| Case #082 Date: 15-11-2018 Case Nr. 156/18.6YRGMR LINK DGSI Headline: The defects that can justify the action for annulment of the arbitral award are …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 16-10-2018 Case Nr. 2258/16.4T8CBR.C1.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: The arbitration agreement produces a negative effect that will force the court judge to dismiss the judicial procedure in which the arbitration …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 04-10-2018 Case Nr. 10758/01.4TVLSB-A.L1.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: The Old Arbitration Law (1986) will apply to enforcement procedures initiated before the New Arbitration Law came into force. The Old Arbitration Law …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 27-09-2018 Case Nr. 776/17.6YRLSB.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: In a lawsuit for the annulment of an arbitral award, the appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeals is admissible before the Supreme Court, provided …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 11-01-2011 Case Nr. 3539/08.6TVLSB.L1 LINK DGSI Headline: The arbitration agreement concluded with a company belonging to the same group of companies only binds the contracting parties, except if a third party later …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 08-09-2011 Case Nr. 3539/08.6TVLSB.LL.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: In principle, the arbitration agreement binds only the contracting parties but may be enforced against or by an assignee of a contract Summary: 1. In …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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. …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 01-07-2014 Case Nr. 200/14.6YRLSB-7 LINK DGSI Headline: Complexity of the case, time consumed, (and other) factors must be considered when fixing the arbitrator’s fees. Summary: When fixing the …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 13-02-2014 Case Nr. 724/13.2YRLSB-8 LINK DGSI Headline: In the absence of an express provision providing jurisdiction, arbitral tribunals cannot impose periodic penalty payments. Arbitral awards that do not …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 21-06-2018 Case Nr. 2384/17.2YRLSB.L1-8 LINK DGSI Headline: In a mandatory arbitration initiated according to Law Nr. 62/2011, of 12 December 2011, the defendant is admitted to contest the claim by raising an objection …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 10-09-2013 Case Nr. 297/13.6YRLSB-7 LINK DGSI Headline: Arbitrators may consider circumstances such as the complexity of the issues decided, the value of the case and the time spent on arbitral proceedings to …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 25-02-2014 Case Nr. 29/13.9YRPRT.S1 LINK DGSI Headlines: In proceedings commenced before the new arbitration law entered into force, all foreign awards and all decisions by foreign courts were to be reviewed and …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 06-02-2014 Case Nr. 866/13.4YRLSB-2 LINK DGSI Headline: Parties may challenge the amount of fees and expenses fixed by arbitrators in the state court. However, this right is lost if the parties have shown explicit …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 13-07-2017 Case Nr. 2455/13.4YYLSB-A.L1.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: Arbitrations commenced before the 2011 LAV entered into force, regardless of when the arbitral award is rendered. Examination of the merits of the arbitral …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 10-12-2015 Case Nr. 3486/12.7TBLRA.C1.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: Arbitrators may dispense with the requirement of taking personal testimony from both parties. Summary: The arbitrator, as a well-informed and …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 10-11-2016 Case Nr. 1052/14.1TBBCL.P1.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: Appeal of the annulment of an award should evaluate the specific grounds used to annul the award; and a review of the merits of the judgement should not be …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 04-06-2013 Case Nr. 2548/10.0TVLSB.L1-7 LINK DGSI Headline: Courts may annul the award if basic procedural principles are violated, i.e. internal contradiction within the award, failure to treat the parties equally or …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 12-02-2015 Case Nr. 1551/14.5YRLSB-8 LINK DGSI Headline: The amount due to the arbitrators shall be calculated in accordance with proportionality, fairness and justice criteria, taking also into account the …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 15-01-2015 Case Nr. 1362/14.8YRLSB.L1-8 LINK DGSI Headline: The amount of the arbitrators’ fees shall be calculated in proportion to the complexity of the award and the time spent during the proceedings. …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 29-04-2014 Case Nr. 1337/13.4YRLSB-7 LINK DGSI Headline: The arbitrators’ fees shall be calculated in accordance with the complexity of the case and the stage where the proceedings are terminated. Summary: …
- Porto Court of Appeal Date: 23-10-2014 Case Nr. 178/13.3TVPRT.P1 LINK DGSI Headline: The submission agreement shall expire, and the arbitral tribunal shall be relieved from its remit if the arbitral award is made after almost two years since the …
- Porto Court of Appeal Date: 09-09-2013 Case Nr. 29/13.9YRPRT LINK DGSI Headline: A foreign arbitral award shall be recognised by the court of appeal in whose district is located the domicile of the person against whom the award is invoked. …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 30-06-2015 Case Nr. 1934/12.5 TBCSC-A.L1-1 LINK DGSI Headline: State courts must decide any procedural objection “ex officio”, except if the objection related to the existence of an arbitration agreement, in …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 23-10-2014 Case Nr. 1036/12.4YRLSB.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: International public policy of the Portuguese State is a vague, fluid and imprecise concept, but it can be defined as an amalgamation of basic values and …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 12-05-2016 Case Nr. 710/14.5TVLSB-A.L1.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: According to Art. 18(3) of the Arbitration Act, the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal includes the power to decide on the validity of the arbitration …
- Porto Court of Appeal Date: 13-04-2015 Case Nr. 471/14.8TVPRT.P1 LINK DGSI Headline: The court judge shall dismiss the procedure in accordance with Art. 5(1) of the Arbitration Act if a party invokes the existence of an arbitration agreement, unless …
- Porto Court of Appeal Date: 03-11-2014 Case Nr. 156/14.5TTMAI.P1 LINK DGSI Headline: The expiration of a contract does not entail the invalidy of the arbitration agreement inserted in such contract. Summary: A sports employment contract …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 06-04-2017 Case Nr. 416/16.0YRLSB.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: Where an arbitration agreement is an integral part of a contract, and that contract has not received necessary signature, the arbitration agreement is …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 14-04-2016 Case Nr. 2455/13.4YYLSB-A.L1-2 LINK DGSI Headline: If the LAV of 1986 is in force at the time that the parties submitted the request for arbitration, this will be the law applicable to arbitration …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 04-12-2014 Case Nr. 1181/14.1YRLSB.L1-6 LINK DGSI Headline: Arbitral tribunals are prevented from fixing fees manifestly disproportionate to the service they provide. Summary: Notwithstanding the economic value of the …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 27-11-2014 Case Nr. 703/14.2YRLSB.L1-2 LINK DGSI Headline: An arbitral tribunal has not exceeded its power when it declares relief pursuant to an amendment to the memorials in the arbitration, as long as there has not …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 11-06-2013 Case Nr. 955/12.2YRLSB-7 LINK DGSI Headline: The 2011 LAV cannot apply to arbitration proceedings initiated before its entry into force, unless all the parties to the arbitration expressly or tacitly …
- Porto Court of Appeal Date: 23-06-2015 Case Nr. 9/15.0YRPRT LINK DGSI Headline: The arbitral award may be supplemented by the arbitral tribunal to correct any deficiency that may produce its invalidity. The supplementation can be made while an …
- Porto Court of Appeal Date: 04-06-2013 Case Nr. 119/13.8YRPRT LINK DGSI Headline: If the arbitral tribunal failed to deal with all the matters submitted to arbitration, the award shall only be annulled partially, with regard to the part that has not …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 15-03-2016 Case Nr. 871/15.6YRLSB-7 LINK DGSI Headline: An arbitral award may only be set aside if extremely exceptional circumstances occur, such as the violation of fundamental principles of due process that may have …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 01-02-2018 Case Nr. 1320/17.0YRLSB-8 LINK DGSI Headline: The Arbitrator’s prior opinion on a given issue does not in itself imply a lack of independence or impartiality. Summary: The fact that the arbitrator has an …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 03-10-2017 Case Nr. 1177/17.1YRLSB-7 LINK DGSI Headline: In cases where omission to disclose is of substance that is fundamental in nature, this in itself would point towards a lack of independence or impartiality. Where …
- Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) Date: 09-10-2003 Case Nr. 03B1604 LINK DGSI Headline: A foreign arbitral award may be refused recognition only in the cases set forth in Article V of the New York Convention 1958— for instance, when such …
- Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) Date: 02-02-2006 Case Nr. 05B3766 LINK DGSI Headline: When recognition of an award under the New York Convention is being contested, it is the provisions of the Convention and the law of the seat of the …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 13-09-2016 Case Nr. 581/16.7YRLSB.-1 LINK DGSI Headline: A challenge to an arbitrator’s independence and impartiality is to be determined through an objective criterion, and not through the eyes of either party. A …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 18-02-2014 Case Nr. 1630/06.2YRCBR.C2.S1 LINK DGSI RELATED CASE #28 (Coimbra Court of Appeal) Headlines: The NYC applies to the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Portugal. Standard form …
- Lisboa Court of Appeal Date: 12-07-2012 Case Nr. 2191/11.6YYLSB-A.L1-7 LINK DGSI Headlines: An arbitral award equates to a court judgment for the purposes of an enforcement procedure. The award debtor may not invoke there any ground that he could …
- Porto Court of Appeal Date: 07-12-2002 Case Nr. 0250581 LINK DGSI Headlines: The NYC1958 applies to procedures aimed at recognising foreign arbitral awards. To that effect, Art. 1094 et seq. of the Portuguese Code of Civil Procedure do not apply. …
- Évora Court of Appeal Date: 04-10-2007 Case Nr. 1725/07-2 LINK DGSI Headline: An arbitration agreement is a real promissory contract whereby the parties oblige themselves to agree in the future. The exclusive jurisdiction of the Portuguese …
- Évora Court of Appeal Date: 05-06-2008 Case Nr. 876/08-3 LINK DGSI Headline: The arbitration proceedings are deemed to be commenced when the request for arbitration is sent to the respondent. Summary: For the purpose of Arts. 289 and …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 14-03-2013 Case Nr. 7328/10.0TBOER.L1.S1 LINK (external) RELATED CASE – Lisbon Court of Appeal | 12-07-2012| Case #030 Headlines: The recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award may only be refused if …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 12-07-2012 Case Nr. 7328/10.0TBOER.L1-1 LINK DGSI Related CASE: Supreme Court of Justice | 14-03-2013 | Case #031 Headline: Evidences of the circumstances set forth in Art. V(1) of the NYC shall be introduced within 10 …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 30-06-2011 Case Nr. 2004/08.6TVLSB-A-7 LINK DGSI Headline: Art. VI of New York Convention provides for the staying of the recognition procedure when the annulment of the award is pending in the contracting State in which …
- Coimbra Court of Appeal Date: 19-06-2013 Case Nr. 1630/06.2YRCBR.C2 LINK DGSI RELATED CASE #036 (Supreme Court of Justice) Headline: A party wishing to rely on an arbitration clause inserted in a standard form contract must show that that …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 08-06-2010 Case Nr. 243/10.9YRLSB-7 LINK DGSI Headline: An arbitral award rendered in a country party to the New York Convention needs to be recognised in Portugal before it is enforced. Summary: A foreign arbitral award …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 29-09-2015 Case Nr. 827/15.9YRLSB-1 LINK DGSI Headline: Non-disclosure of relevant circumstances may lead to justifiable doubts against an arbitrators independence and impartiality. Summary: The arbitrator did not …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 24-03-2015 Case Nr. 1361/14.0YRLSB.L1-1 LINK DGSI Headline: Arbitrator can be disqualified for being repeatedly appointed by same party/law firm if the circumstances in question give rise to justifiable doubts. …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 19-03-2009 Case Nr. 299/09 LINK DGSI DGSI does not provide a link to this case, which can be found in “Colectânea de Jurisprudência – Acs. Supremo Tribunal de Justiça”, 2009, …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 06-09-2016 Case Nr. 158/15.4YRCBR.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: As per Art. 39(1) of the LAV, the jurisdiction to appoint arbitrators lies with the court situated in the ‘seat of arbitration’. The time-limit to …
- Guimarães Court of Appeal | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Impecuniosity & Enforceability of the Arbitration Agreement | 25-09-2014 Date: 25-09-2014 Case No. 403/13.0TCGMR.G1 LINK DGSI Headlines – The arbitral tribunal is competent to decide …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 21-06-2016 Case Nr. 301/14.0TVLSB.L1.S1 LINK DGSI Headline: The court may refuse to refer the parties to the arbitral tribunal only where the arbitration agreement is manifestly null and void. Summary: 1. In …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 14-07-2016 Case Nr. 660/16.0YRLSB-2 LINK DGSI Headline: In the absence of a prior agreement of the parties, arbitrators can decide on their own fees. Summary: 1. As per Art. 17 (2) of the Voluntary Arbitration Act …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 05-11-2015 Case Nr. 2672-14.0T8LSB.L1-6 LINK DGSI Headlines: An arbitration clause in a framework agreement is applicable to contracts concluded under it. The failure to raise objections to the court’s jurisdiction …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 12-07-2018 Case Nr. 1254/17.9YRLSB-L1-2 LINK DGSI Headline: An award can be successfully challenged under Art. 46/3 (Arbitration Act) when parties have been treated unequally & that inequality had a decisive effect …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 14-03-2017 Case Nr. 103/13.1YRLSB-2 LINK DGSI Headline: A foreign award enforcing a penal clause of such high magnitude that it impairs the personal and economic freedoms of a party is incompatible with the …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 02-06-2016 Case Nr. 103/13.1YRLSB-2 LINK DGSI Headline: A foreign award that imposes a disproportionate and excessive penalty on a party is manifestly inconsistent with the international public order of Portugal, and is …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 26-04-2016 Case No. 1212/14.5T8LSB.L1.S1 LINK DGSI RELATED CASE: Decision of the Lisbon Court of Appeal HERE Headlines – A restructuring procedure does not entail the suspension of the arbitration agreement or of …
- Porto Court of Appeal Date: 08-03-2016 Case Nr. 2164/14.7TBSTS.P1 LINK DGSI Headline: State courts must confine themselves to questions of non-existence, nullity or inoperability of the arbitration clause. Non-signatories may be joint to …
- Porto Court of Appeal Date: 27-06-2018 Case Nr. 64161/17.9YIPRT.P1 LINK DGSI This case summary was kindly prepared by Rishabh Raheja, (rishabharaheja@gmail.com, NALSAR University of Law), Sameer Thakur (sameerthakur@live.in, NALSAR University of …
- Lisbon Court of Appeal Date: 22-09-2015 Case Nr. 1212/14.5T8LSB.L1-7 LINK DGSI Related CASE: Decision of the Supreme Court of Justice of 26-04-2016 HERE Headlines: The arbitral tribunal is competent to decide the validity of the arbitration …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 15-02-2017 Case Nr. 831/15.7YRLSB.S1 LINK DGSI Headlines: When an arbitrator is replaced, the arbitral tribunal shall take the procedural steps that it deems necessary, and it can decide for the repetition of …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 29-01-2015 Case Nr. 531/11.7TVLSB.L1.S1 LINK DGSI Headlines – A swap (interest rate swap) contract must be considered as a mere speculation with no actual and serious connection to an underlying relationship, …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 16-03-2017 Case Nr. 1052/14.1TBBCL.P1.S1 LINK DGSI Headlines: – An arbitral award may only be challenged in an annulment procedure and it is not subject to appeal unless the parties have provided otherwise. …
- Supreme Court of Justice Date: 22-09-2016 Case Nr. 660/15.8YRLSB.L1.S1 LINK DGSI Headlines: The arbitrators shall not be deemed as deciding a case according to “ex aequo et bono” if they are merely applying a substantive legal rule that …
- It is the jurisdiction of the labour courts to know, in civil matters, enforcements based in an award delivered by an arbitral tribunal concerning a dispute arising from the employment relationship.
- It follows from the constitutional framework that arbitral tribunals are equated to state courts and, once constituted an arbitral tribunal, the essencial characteristics of a state court must be observed, inter alia the impartiality of the decision maker, including those appointed by the parties.
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