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Portuguese court rules Circuit Courts have jurisdiction over civil cases exceeding first instance limits requiring collective intervention.

Case Number 0408604
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto unanimously declared the Circuit Courts competent to prepare and adjudicate civil actions exceeding the first instance jurisdictional limit. The parties contested the allocation of authority regarding cases requiring collective tribunal intervention. The court ruled that Circuit Courts possess the necessary jurisdiction to handle such high-value matters involving collective decision-making bodies.

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TRIBUNAL DE CÍRCULO COMPETÊNCIA

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Circuit Court Jurisdiction Civil Action Value First Instance Limit Collective Tribunal Competence Conflict Portuguese Civil Procedure High Value Litigation

Cited Legislation

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L 38/87 de 1987/12/23 Art. 18
L 38/87 de 1987/12/23 Art. 19
L 38/87 de 1987/12/23 Art. 47 n.º 1
L 38/87 de 1987/12/23 Art. 49 n.º 1
L 38/87 de 1987/12/23 Art. 50
L 38/87 de 1987/12/23 Art. 52
L 38/87 de 1987/12/23 Art. 79 B
L 38/87 de 1987/12/23 Art. 81 n.º 2
DL 214/88 de 1988/06/17 Art. 6 n.º 1
CPC67 Art. 63
CPC67 Art. 64
CPC67 Art. 646 n.º 2
CPC67 Art. 791 n.º 1

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00010116

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199001090408604

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/9828CF78AB4239248025686B0066DF4F?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Os tribunais de círculo são competentes para preparar e julgar acções cíveis de valor superior à alçada da 1ª instância, sejam ordinárias ou sumárias, já que nelas pode ter de intervir o tribunal colectivo.