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Appeal dismissed; mere lack of merit or temerity does not constitute bad faith litigation under CPC Art. 456.

Case Number 0004645
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa dismissed the appeal, ruling that the mere lack of merit or temerity in filing a request does not constitute bad faith litigation. The court held that honest consciences may assert rights they do not possess due to legal uncertainty or difficulty in fact-finding, and that only essentially dolous or gravely negligent conduct justifies such a finding. Consequently, the appeal was rejected because the appellant's persistence without elevated solidity was deemed insufficient to meet the high threshold for bad faith.

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bad faith litigation CPC Article 456 lack of merit temerary appeal dolo processual legal uncertainty honest conscience

Cited Legislation

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CPC67 Art. 456

Cited Case Law

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AC STJ DE 1972/07/11 IN BMJ N219 PAG182
AC STJ DE 1972/11/17 IN BMJ N219 PAG221

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRL00014927

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RL199802100004645

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrl.nsf/33182fc732316039802565fa00497eec/A16F8C66D2F316DA80256803000511EB?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - A interposição de um recurso, embora sem fundamento, não constitui dolo, porque a incerteza da lei e a dificuldade de apurar os factos e de os interpretar podem levar as consciências mais honestas a afirmarem um direito que não possuem.

II - A insistência no recurso em posição que se afigura sem elevado grau de solidez, não basta para caracterizar a litigação de má-fé, só justificando a condenação como litigante de má-fé a lide essencialmente dolosa ou gravemente negligente e não a meramente temerária ou ousada.