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Category: Guimarães Court of Appeal

Posted on September 3, 2025April 11, 2026

State Court Jurisdiction | Objection | Interpretation Arbitration Agreement | Assignment of Contract – CASE # 141

Guimarães Court of Appeal

Case No. 3501/24.1T8BRG-A.G1

Date: 18 December 2024       

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Keywords: State Court Jurisdiction | Objection | Interpretation Arbitration Agreement | Assignment of Contract

Summary:

I. When an action is brought before state courts … Read more

Posted on August 19, 2025April 11, 2026

Objection to the State Court’s Jurisdiction | Assignment of Credits | Extension of the Arbitration Clause – Case # 137

Objection to the State Court’s Jurisdiction | Assignment of Credits | Extension of the Arbitration Clause

Guimarães Court of Appeal

Case No. 5452/24.0T8GMR.G1

Date: 6 March 2025      

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Keywords: Objection to the State Court’s Jurisdiction | … Read more

Posted on September 15, 2021April 11, 2026

Guimarães Court of Appeal | Criminal Proceedings | Arbitrability | Case #132

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 does not have jurisdiction “rationae … Read more

Posted on February 12, 2021April 11, 2026

Guimarães Court of Appeal | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Lack of Jurisdiction | Arbitration Agreement| Case #122

Guimarães Court of Appeal | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Lack of Jurisdiction | Arbitration Agreement| Case #122
Case nr. 149/20.3T8BRG.G1
14-01-2021
LINK DGSI

Summary:

I. According to Art. 96 of the Portuguese Code of Civil Procedure, the non-compliance with an arbitration agreement … Read more

Posted on February 9, 2021April 11, 2026

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 #122
Case nr. 122/20.1YRGMR
21-01-2021
LINK DGSI

Summary:

I. In a special lawsuit for the annulment of an arbitral award, the state court only has … Read more

Posted on June 21, 2020April 11, 2026

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 #112
Case nr. 117/19.8YRGMR
28-05-2020
LINK DGSI

Headline:

When deciding a request to … Read more

Posted on March 26, 2019April 11, 2026

Guimarães Court of Appeal | Supervening Impecuniosity | Ineffectiveness of the Arbitration Agreement | 21-02-2019 | Case #088

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 dispute resolution mechanism), may constitute a manifest

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Posted on December 21, 2018April 11, 2026

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

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Posted on October 4, 2018April 11, 2026

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:

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Posted on August 13, 2018April 11, 2026

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

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

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