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Landlord's right to terminate commercial lease for tenant's closure is denied if closure began before the one-year period expired.

Case Number 0120383
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto confirmed the lower court's dismissal of the landlord's action to terminate a commercial lease. The landlord argued that the tenant's closure of the business, occurring over a year prior to the lawsuit, justified termination under Article 64(1)(h) of the Urban Leasing Regime. However, the court ruled that the statutory one-year period for termination only begins to run from the date the closure actually occurred, meaning the landlord could not exercise this right until after that specific date had passed. Consequently, the action was inadmissible because the legal condition for termination was not yet met at the time of filing.

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ARRENDAMENTO PARA COMÉRCIO OU INDÚSTRIA RESOLUÇÃO DO CONTRATO ENCERRAMENTO DO ESTABELECIMENTO FACTOS SUPERVENIENTES

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commercial lease termination tenant closure requirement one year period rule urban leasing regime inadmissible action statutory conditions contract resolution rights

Cited Legislation

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Art. 64 n.1 alínea h) do Regime do Arrendamento Urbano
Art. 663 n.1 n.2 do Código de Processo Civil

Cited Case Law

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AC RP DE 1989/01/17 IN CJ T1 ANOXIV PAG181

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[DATA DEC. RECORRIDA] 09/20/2000

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00032286

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP200105290120383

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 1370/98-3S

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 7 V CIV PORTO

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/AF3E2D269BD7588680256AE000328CD3?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - O fundamento do direito de o senhorio resolver o contrato de arrendamento ao abrigo do disposto no artigo 64 n.1 alínea h) do Regime do Arrendamento Urbano é o encerramento do locado por mais de um ano.

II - A acção instaurada em 30 de Novembro de 1998 com esse fundamento, não pode proceder se o réu conservava o local encerrado desde 7 de Fevereiro de 1998, ainda que aquele prazo de «mais de um ano» já houvesse decorrido na data do julgamento.