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Porto Court of Appeal | Action for Annulment of an Arbitral Award | Time Limit for Completion of Proceedings | Duty to State Reasons | Case #128

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 establishes the maximum period within which an arbitration proceeding must be concluded, and the respective award… Read More »Porto Court of Appeal | Action for Annulment of an Arbitral Award | Time Limit for Completion of Proceedings | Duty to State Reasons | Case #128

Guimarães Court of Appeal | Annulment of an Arbitral Award | Ultra petitum | Case #122

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 to grant or refuse the annulment of the award on the basis of the grounds set… Read More »Guimarães Court of Appeal | Annulment of an Arbitral Award | Ultra petitum | Case #122

Supreme Court of Justice |Penalty Clause | International Public Policy of the Portuguese State | Case #116

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 reparatory and coercive nature and upheld that the payment of the amount established therein, corresponding to 15.6% of the… Read More »Supreme Court of Justice |Penalty Clause | International Public Policy of the Portuguese State | Case #116

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Annulment of an Arbitral Award | Principle of Equality | Adversarial Principle | Assessment of Evidence | Merits of the case| State Court| Case #115

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 Voluntary Arbitration Law states that “The award on the merits of the dispute, or which terminates the… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Annulment of an Arbitral Award | Principle of Equality | Adversarial Principle | Assessment of Evidence | Merits of the case| State Court| Case #115

Guimarães Court of Appeal | Annulment of the Arbitral Award| Factual Background of the Arbitral Award | Lack of motivation| International Public Policy of Portugal | Case #112

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 request to annul an arbitral award, the court judge is not allowed to scrutinize the merits of the decision, nor… Read More »Guimarães Court of Appeal | Annulment of the Arbitral Award| Factual Background of the Arbitral Award | Lack of motivation| International Public Policy of Portugal | Case #112

Lisbon Appeal Court | Annulment of Arbitral Awards | Lack of Motivation | 16-05-2019 | Case #105

Case nr. 2470/18.1YRLSB.L1-816-05-2019LINK DGSI Summary:                                                           I- Article 46(3)(a) of the Law on Voluntary Arbitration (LAV) establishes the grounds on which an arbitral award may be annulled by the State Court; II- There is no violation of the right of defense of the Parties, as protected in Article 30(1) of the LAV, in the event that… Read More »Lisbon Appeal Court | Annulment of Arbitral Awards | Lack of Motivation | 16-05-2019 | Case #105

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Motivation of Arbitral Awards | Annulment | 27-06-2019| Case #95

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 null and void. However, a merely defective statement of reasons is not sufficient to grant the annulment… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Motivation of Arbitral Awards | Annulment | 27-06-2019| Case #95

Guimarães Court of Appeal | Annulment of the Arbitral Award | Res judicata | 15-11-2018| Case #082

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 procedural defects equivalent to procedural violations – procedural violations or specific procedures of arbitration proceedings. The… Read More »Guimarães Court of Appeal | Annulment of the Arbitral Award | Res judicata | 15-11-2018| Case #082

(Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Enforcement of the Arbitral Award | Res Judicata | Annulment of the Arbitral Award | 04-10-2018 | Case #080

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 provided for the following mechanisms to challenge an arbitral award: (a) annulment procedure; (b) appeal before the Court of Appeals;… Read More »(Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Enforcement of the Arbitral Award | Res Judicata | Annulment of the Arbitral Award | 04-10-2018 | Case #080