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9930708 AI generated

Recovery and bankruptcy proceedings against the same debtor do not require identical parties or claims.

Case Number 9930708
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed

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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto dismissed the appeal regarding the necessity of identical parties and claims in concurrent recovery and bankruptcy proceedings. The court held that while the subjects and specific requests must align, the mere existence of simultaneous pending requests for both recovery and bankruptcy against the same debtor satisfies the legal requirements. Consequently, the procedural barrier was removed, allowing the proceedings to continue without strict identity of all elements.

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RECUPERAÇÃO DE EMPRESA LITISPENDÊNCIA

Keywords

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corporate recovery proceedings bankruptcy declaration litispendence requirements identical parties rule concurrent proceedings same debtor analysis procedural dismissal

Cited Legislation

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Código dos Processos Especiais de Recuperação de Empresas e de Falência, artigo 12

Cited Case Law

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AC RE DE 1997/03/06 IN CJ T2 ANOXXII PAG251

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[DATA DEC. RECORRIDA] 01/21/1999

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00026067

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199905209930708

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 35/99

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 2 J CIV VIANA CASTELO

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/55360E76C6FD13F08025686B00672DDD?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - Nos termos e para os efeitos do artigo 12 do Código dos Processos Especiais de Recuperação de Empresas e de Falência, não é necessário que, simultaneamente, haja identidade de sujeitos, pedido e causa de pedir, bastando que em relação à mesma empresa devedora se encontrem, simultaneamente pendentes, pedidos de recuperação e de declaração de falência.