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Portuguese court holds that a counterclaim is admissible if merely irregularly presented but substantively included in the defense.

Case Number 0030783
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto allowed the counterclaim despite its lack of formal separation from the defense. The court found that the counterclaim's facts were adequately exposed within the contestation, rendering the omission of a distinct formal heading a mere irregularity rather than a fatal defect. Consequently, the court ruled that the counterclaim must be accepted formally because the substantive requirements were met.

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RECONVENÇÃO FALTA DE FORMA LEGAL

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counterclaim formal defect mere irregularity rule procedural admissibility contestations inclusion civil procedure law

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CPC95 Art. 501 n.º 1
CPC95 Art. 201 n.º 1

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00029490

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP200006010030783

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 250-A/99

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] T J VALENÇA

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/4A677ADE2AA42313802569690030EC9D?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Apesar de não estar expressamente identificada e deduzida separadamente, a reconvenção deve ser aceite formalmente uma vez que tal facto representa apenas uma mera irregularidade, na medida em que os factos estejam expostos na contestação.