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Labor courts lack jurisdiction over common court credit claims under specific legal provisions.

Case Number 002640
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Court of Justice dismissed the appeal, ruling that labor courts are specialized tribunals and cannot act as common courts for credit claims. The appellant argued for common court jurisdiction, but the court held that the reference to 'common court' in the relevant decree points only to a generic jurisdictional body. Consequently, the specialized labor courts were deemed incompetent to hear this specific type of claim.

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TRIBUNAL COMPETENTE TRIBUNAL COMUM RECLAMAÇÃO DE CREDITOS TRIBUNAL DO TRABALHO COMPETENCIA

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labor court jurisdiction specialized tribunal competence credit claim admissibility common court definition legal specialization doctrine

Cited Legislation

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Art. 56 of Law No. 82/77
Art. 65 of Law No. 82/77
Art. 8, para. 1 of Decree-Law No. 138/85

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00003955 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ199006120026404 [PRIVACIDADE] 1 [PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECURSO] 5299/89 [TEXTO INTEGRAL] N [TRIBUNAL RECURSO] T REL LISBOA [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/B04523D5218D77D2802568FC003972C5?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO I - Os tribunais de trabalho são tribunais de competencia especializada, nos termos dos artigos 56 e 65 da Lei n. 82/77, de 6 de Dezembro.

II - Não são pois tribunais comuns para os efeitos do disposto no artigo 8, n. 1 do Decreto-Lei n. 138/85, de 3 de Maio, sendo forçoso concluir que a referencia a "tribunal comum" feita neste normativo se reporta ao tribunal de competencia generica.