Enforceability Arbitration Agreement

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Extension of the Arbitration Agreement to Non-Signatories | Group of Companies Doctrine | Kompentenz-Kompetenz | 11-01-2011 | Case #078

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October 9, 2018January 19, 2020
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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 accedes to that agreement. The arbitral tribunal shall be competent to interpret the arbitration clause in order to… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Extension of the Arbitration Agreement to Non-Signatories | Group of Companies Doctrine | Kompentenz-Kompetenz | 11-01-2011 | Case #078

Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) | Extension of the Arbitration Agreement to Non-Signatories | Group of Companies Doctrine | 08-09-2011 | Case #077

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October 8, 2018January 19, 2020
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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 principle, an arbitration agreement contained in a contract only binds the contracting parties. 2. However, and in… Read More »Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) | Extension of the Arbitration Agreement to Non-Signatories | Group of Companies Doctrine | 08-09-2011 | Case #077

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

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October 5, 2018January 19, 2020
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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

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

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October 3, 2018January 19, 2020
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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

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

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September 29, 2018January 19, 2020
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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 | Concurrent jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals and state courts | 30-06-2015 | Case #060

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September 12, 2018January 19, 2020
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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 which situation only one of the parties can raise that objection. Summary: The jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal, accorded… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Concurrent jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals and state courts | 30-06-2015 | Case #060

Guimarães Court of Appeal | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Impecuniosity & Enforceability of the Arbitration Agreement | 25-09-2014 | Case #017

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August 13, 2018January 19, 2020
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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 on its own competence and the state court can only assess the validity, applicability and enforceability of the arbitration agreement where there are… Read More »Guimarães Court of Appeal | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Impecuniosity & Enforceability of the Arbitration Agreement | 25-09-2014 | Case #017

Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | 21-06-2016 | Case #0016

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August 12, 2018January 19, 2020
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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 assessing objections to the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal, the court must act with restraint, and give the… Read More »Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | 21-06-2016 | Case #0016

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitration Clause in Framework Agreement | Negative Kompetenz-Kompetenz | 05-11-2015 | Case #014

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August 10, 2018January 19, 2020
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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 on a dispute arising from one contract does not deprive a party of its right to raise such a defence… Read More »Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitration Clause in Framework Agreement | Negative Kompetenz-Kompetenz | 05-11-2015 | Case #014