Lisbon Court of Appeal – ARBITRATION PORTUGAL

September 9, 2025September 17, 2025

Employment Contract | Nullity of Arbitration Clause – Case # 143

Lisbon Court of Appeal

Case No. 30580/22.3T8LSB.L1-4

Date: 5 December 2024

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Keywords: Employment Contract Contract | Nullity of Arbitration Clause

Summary:

An arbitration clause is null and void if, at the commencement of the arbitration, … Read more

August 29, 2025September 16, 2025

Impecuniosity | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Clause – Case # 140

Impecuniosity | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Clause

Lisboa Court of Appeal

Case No. 7845/22.9T8LRS.L1-2

Date: 19 December 2024

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Keywords: Impecuniosity | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Clause

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I. A party bound by an arbitration clause … Read more

August 23, 2025September 16, 2025

Annulment | Motivation Arbitral Award | Impartiality Arbitrators | International Public Policy | Due Process – Case # 139

Annulment | Motivation Arbitral Award | Impartiality Arbitrators | International Public Policy | Due Process

Lisboa Court of Appeal

Case No. 2394/22.8YRLSB-2

Date: 13 February 2025

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Keywords: Annulment | Motivation Arbitral Award | Impartiality Arbitrators … Read more

August 20, 2025September 16, 2025

International Public Policy | New York Convention 1958 | Recognition of Arbitral Award – CASE # 138

New York Convention 1958 | International Public Policy | Recognition Arbitral Award

Lisboa Court of Appeal

Case No. 1999/24.7YRLSB-2

Date: 27 February 2025

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Keywords: International Public Policy | New York Convention 1958 | Recognition of … Read more

January 27, 2021September 16, 2025

Lisbon Court of Appeal | International Maritime Transport| International Arbitration | Arbitration Clause| Case #121

Lisbon Court of Appeal | International Maritime Transport| International Arbitration | Arbitration Clause| Case #121
Case nr. 175/17.0TNLSB.L1-7
15-12-2020
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Summary:

I – Portuguese law does not contain any rule that prevents the resolution of conflicts, arising from a … Read more

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020

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 #115
Case nr. 1609/20.1YRLSB-6
19-11-2020
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Article 39(4) of … Read more

October 2, 2020October 2, 2020

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitration Costs | Costs follow the event principle | Case #114

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitration Costs | Costs follow the event principle | Case #114
Case nr. 104/20.3YRLSB-2
10-09-2020
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Summary:

If the terms of reference of the ad hoc tribunal specifically provide that the allocation “of the … Read more

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Impecuniosity and State Legal Aid | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Agreement | Case #113

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Impecuniosity and State Legal Aid | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Agreement | Case #113
Case nr. 3504/19.8T8FNC.L1-6
18-06-2020
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Summary:

If the petitioner benefits from the State legal aid, for being established his lack … Read more

June 4, 2020May 19, 2020

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Insurance Contract | Extension of the Arbitration Clause to the Beneficiary of the Insurance | Autonomy of the Arbitration Agreement| Case #111

Case nr. 6036/17.5T8LSB.L1-
05-05-2020
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Summary:

I- Insurance contracts are assumed to be contracts in favour of a third party, in which the policyholder acts on behalf of a determined or indeterminate insured person;

II- In such cases, the … Read more

June 3, 2020May 19, 2020

Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitration in Medicine Patents Disputes | Mandatory Arbitration | Competence of the Arbitral Tribunal to Hear Claim on the Invalidity of the Patent| Case #110

Case nr. 772/19.9YRLSB-6
07-05-2020
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Summary:

I- The mandatory arbitral tribunal provided for in Law No. 62/2011 shall have jurisdiction to examine, by way of a limited exception to a peremptory rule, the question of the invalidity of the … Read more

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Lisbon Court of Appeal | International Maritime Transport| International Arbitration | Arbitration Clause| Case #121Case nr. 175/17.0TNLSB.L1-715-12-2020LINK DGSI

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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

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Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitration Costs | Costs follow the event principle | Case #114Case nr. 104/20.3YRLSB-210-09-2020LINK DGSI

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Lisbon Court of Appeal | Impecuniosity and State Legal Aid | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Agreement | Case #113Case nr. 3504/19.8T8FNC.L1-618-06-2020LINK DGSI

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Case nr. 6036/17.5T8LSB.L1-05-05-2020LINK DGSI

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Case nr. 772/19.9YRLSB-607-05-2020LINK DGSI

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Lisbon Court of Appeal | International Maritime Transport| International Arbitration | Arbitration Clause| Case #121
Case nr. 175/17.0TNLSB.L1-7
15-12-2020
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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
Case nr. 1609/20.1YRLSB-6
19-11-2020
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Lisbon Court of Appeal | Arbitration Costs | Costs follow the event principle | Case #114
Case nr. 104/20.3YRLSB-2
10-09-2020
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Lisbon Court of Appeal | Impecuniosity and State Legal Aid | Inoperativeness of the Arbitration Agreement | Case #113
Case nr. 3504/19.8T8FNC.L1-6
18-06-2020
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Case nr. 6036/17.5T8LSB.L1-
05-05-2020
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Case nr. 772/19.9YRLSB-6
07-05-2020
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