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Lisbon Court of Appeal | Lack of Financial Means | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Agreement | Kompetenz – Kompetenz | Case #109

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 agreement or its application to the actual dispute between the parties is not at stake, it is only when… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Lack of Financial Means | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Agreement | Kompetenz – Kompetenz | Case #109

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Independence and Impartiality of the Arbitrators | IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest | Multiple Appointments | Duty to Disclose | Case #108

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 defective fulfilment of the duty to disclose shall not in itself constitute grounds for disqualification of the arbitrator, and it… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Independence and Impartiality of the Arbitrators | IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest | Multiple Appointments | Duty to Disclose | Case #108

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 #107

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. 661/18.4YRLSB-223-01-2020LINK DGSI Headline: The period for the annulment of an arbitration action is a procedural… Read More »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 #107

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | 13-09-2018 | Case #106

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 resolve a conflict. That is, confronted, on a timely basis by the defendant, with the invocation of an arbitration… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | 13-09-2018 | Case #106

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 Appeal Court | Recognition of Foreign Arbitral Awards | Arbitral | 11-12-2018 | Case #103

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, for this reason, the lower court did not, and did not have to, analyze unless they… Read More »Lisbon Appeal Court | Recognition of Foreign Arbitral Awards | Arbitral | 11-12-2018 | Case #103

(Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Disregard of the arbitration clause | Appeal before the Supreme Court of Justice| Case #102

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 factor in the absolute lack of jurisdiction of the court, pursuant to Article 96(b) of the Code of Civil Procedure. II-… Read More »(Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Disregard of the arbitration clause | Appeal before the Supreme Court of Justice| Case #102

Why Arbitrate in Portugal? Reason 8 – Internationally Oriented Community

International Arbitration & Portugal Internationally Oriented Community International arbitration in Portugal has taken off in recent years, and as previous posts have discussed, there are a wide variety of compelling reasons why this has been the case. Past posts have touched upon some aspects of how Portugal is internationally oriented in terms of the longstanding… Read More »Why Arbitrate in Portugal? Reason 8 – Internationally Oriented Community