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Portuguese Supreme Court mandates explicit fact-finding reasoning in appeal judgments to prevent surprise decisions.

Case Number 01850/02
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Supreme Administrative Court ruled that the lower tribunal's judgment was null due to a failure to explicitly state its reasoning on facts. The appellant argued the decision lacked necessary justification, while the public prosecutor contended the reasoning was implicit. The court held that Article 715(3) of the Civil Procedure Code requires explicit fact-finding to uphold the principle of contradiction and prevent surprise decisions.

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JULGAMENTO EM SUBSTITUIÇÃO. FUNDAMENTAÇÃO DO JULGAMENTO DA MATÉRIA DE FACTO.

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explicit fact-finding principle of contradiction surprise decision judgment nullity appeal reasoning

Cited Legislation

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Art. 715(3) CPC
Art. 125(1) CPP

Cited Case Law

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AC STA PROC26314 DE 2002/01/30
[JURISPRUDENCIA NACIONAL] AC STA PROC26314 DE 2002/01/30.

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[AREA TEMATICA 1] DIR FISC - SISA.

[AREA TEMATICA 2] DIR PROC CIV.

[LEGISLACAO NACIONAL] CPPTRIB99 ART125 N1. CPC96 ART3 N3 ART659 N3 ART715 N3.

[JURISPRUDENCIA NACIONAL] AC STA PROC26314 DE 2002/01/30.

[DATA DE ENTRADA] 11/27/2002

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTA00058892

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SA22003021201850

[OBJECTO] AC TCA.

[RECORRENTE] A...

[RECORRIDO 1] FAZENDA PÚBLICA

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jsta.nsf/35fbbbf22e1bb1e680256f8e003ea931/C2017A6D4F20416780256CD1004F97F4?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - O n.º 3 do artigo 715° do CPC rege para os casos em que não tenha sido previamente assegurado o princípio do contraditório e/ou prevenido o risco de decisão surpresa.

II - Cumpre ao tribunal de recurso fundamentar, de modo expresso, o julgamento de facto, sob pena de nulidade do acórdão.