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

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February 12, 2021February 12, 2021
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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 non-compliance with an arbitration agreement entails the absolute lack of jurisdiction of the judicial court sought to solve a dispute covered by that… Read More »Guimarães Court of Appeal | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Lack of Jurisdiction | Arbitration Agreement| Case #122

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

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June 1, 2020May 13, 2020
Arbitration Agreement, Arbitration Costs, Blog Post, Blog Posts, CASE LAW, Enforceability Arbitration Agreement, Impecuniosity, Inoperativeness Arbitration Agreement, Judicial Costs, Kompetenz-Kompetenz, Lisbon Court of Appeal, NEWS|EVENTS|POSTS, Portuguese Arbitration, Posts

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 | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | 13-09-2018 | Case #106

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May 26, 2020June 29, 2020
Arbitration Agreement, Blog Post, Blog Posts, CASE LAW, Enforceability Arbitration Agreement, Kompetenz-Kompetenz, Lisbon Court of Appeal, NEWS|EVENTS|POSTS, Portuguese Arbitration, Posts

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

Supreme Court of Justice | Interpretation of the Arbitration Agreement | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Clause | Lack of Financial Means| Case #98

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December 2, 2019January 27, 2020
Arbitration Agreement, CASE LAW, Impecuniosity, Inoperativeness Arbitration Agreement, Interpretation, Kompetenz-Kompetenz, Portuguese Arbitration, Supreme Court of Justice

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 impecuniosity of a party may be grounds to refuse the enforcement of an arbitration agreement if that impecuniosity is not… Read More »Supreme Court of Justice | Interpretation of the Arbitration Agreement | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Clause | Lack of Financial Means| Case #98

(Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Standard Form Contracts | Swaps | 14-05-2019 | Case #92

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June 26, 2019January 19, 2020
Arbitration Standard Form Contracts, CASE LAW, Kompetenz-Kompetenz, Portuguese Arbitration, Supreme Court of Justice, Swaps, Swaps Arbitration

(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 reference to a framework contract which contains in itself an arbitration clause is deemed to be construed as… Read More »(Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Standard Form Contracts | Swaps | 14-05-2019 | Case #92

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

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March 26, 2019January 19, 2020
CASE LAW, Enforceability Arbitration Agreement, Guimarães Court of Appeal, Impecuniosity, Kompetenz-Kompetenz, Portuguese Arbitration

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 ineffectiveness of such arbitration agreement. Accordingly, the state court is competent to decide the question… Read More »Guimarães Court of Appeal | Supervening Impecuniosity | Ineffectiveness of the Arbitration Agreement | 21-02-2019 | Case #088

(Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Decision on the Constitutionality and Res Judicata | 27-11-2018 | Case #83

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January 8, 2019January 19, 2020
CASE LAW, Constitutional Court, Kompetenz-Kompetenz, Portuguese Arbitration, Res judicata, Supreme Court of Justice

(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 decide on its own competence even when a previous decision has been challenged via appeal lodged before the… Read More »(Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Decision on the Constitutionality and Res Judicata | 27-11-2018 | Case #83

(Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Waiver of the right to challenge the lack of competence | 04-12-2018 | Case #84

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January 8, 2019January 19, 2020
CASE LAW, Enforcement of Arbitral Awards, Kompetenz-Kompetenz, Portuguese Arbitration, Supreme Court of Justice

(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 later challenge the competence of the arbitral tribunal. Summary: The appellate decision that, in an… Read More »(Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Kompetenz-Kompetenz | Waiver of the right to challenge the lack of competence | 04-12-2018 | Case #84

(Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Negative Effects of the Arbitration Agreement | Hardship | 16-10-2018| Case #081

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November 20, 2018January 19, 2020
Arbitration Agreement, CASE LAW, Enforceability Arbitration Agreement, Kompetenz-Kompetenz, Portuguese Arbitration, Supreme Court of Justice

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 agreement was invoked, unless it is manifestly null, inoperable or incapable of producing its effects. An allegation of “just cause” or… Read More »(Portugal) Supreme Court of Justice | Negative Effects of the Arbitration Agreement | Hardship | 16-10-2018| Case #081

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
Arbitration Agreement, CASE LAW, Enforceability Arbitration Agreement, Extension Arbitration Agreement, Group of Companies Doctrine, Kompetenz-Kompetenz, Lisbon Court of Appeal, Portuguese Arbitration

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