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Contractor's delay causes loss of interest, allowing creditor to terminate contract and claim damages.

Case Number 077513
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The court allowed the creditor's claim for contract termination and damages due to the contractor's failure to deliver within the agreed timeframe. Although the creditor did not set a new deadline after the contractor fell into default, the initial fixed deadline's expiration objectively caused the loss of interest. The judgment established that such objective loss of interest justifies termination even without a subsequent deadline extension.

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INCUMPRIMENTO DO CONTRATO PERDA DE INTERESSE DO CREDOR MORA

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loss of interest contract termination breach of contract objective loss creditor's rights default period contractual damages

Cited Legislation

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Art. 483 do Código Civil Português
Art. 484 do Código Civil Português
Art. 521 do Código Civil Português
Art. 522 do Código Civil Português

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00028365

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ198906220775131

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/BDA5DDB6895F10B5802568FC003AF7ED?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

A perda de interesse por parte da autora pode resultar objectivamente da falta de cumprimento do prazo fixado aos réus na ocasião da encomenda dos artigos pretendidos pela primeira, verificando-se o incumprimento do contrato pelos segundos ainda que aquela não tenha fixado um prazo limite depois de os réus terem caído em mora.