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Portuguese court confirms that expropriation compensation applies the law at declaration publication, while procedural formalism uses the law at act practice.

Case Number 9521096
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto confirmed the lower court's decision regarding expropriation compensation rules. The appellant argued for a different temporal application of laws, but the court rejected this claim. The court ruled that substantive compensation follows the law at the time of the declaration's publication, whereas procedural formalism follows the law at the time the acts were performed.

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EXPROPRIAÇÃO POR UTILIDADE PÚBLICA SUCESSÃO DE LEIS NO TEMPO INDEMNIZAÇÃO ACTO PROCESSUAL

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expropriation compensation public utility succession of laws procedural formalism temporal application declaration publication act practice date

Cited Legislation

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Art. 228.º do Código Civil
Art. 230.º do Código Civil

Cited Case Law

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AC STJ DE 1975/12/02 IN BMJ N253 PAG83
AC RL DE 1989/02/23 IN CJ T1 ANOXIV PAG138
AC RL DE 1994/03/24 IN CJ T2 ANOXIX PAG98
AC RE DE 1994/05/12 IN CJ T3 ANOXIX PAG269

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[DATA DEC. RECORRIDA] 07/05/1995 [Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00016625 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199601309521096 [PRIVACIDADE] 1 [PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 554/94-1 [TEXTO INTEGRAL] N [TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] T J VIANA CASTELO 1J [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/1CF0F7C48DB2AC8D8025686B0066CD2C?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO I - É aplicável à fixação da indemnização correspondente

à expropriação por utilidade pública a lei vigente à data da publicação da respectiva declaração; no que respeita ao formalismo processual correspondente é aplicável a lei vigente à data da prática dos respectivos actos.