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Bankruptcy agreement reducing past debts does not exempt company from future pension payments.

Case Number 0120954
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted

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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto confirmed the lower court's decision upholding the bankruptcy agreement's reduction of past creditor claims. The debtor argued that the concordata exempted them from all future obligations, while the opposing party contended that contractual pension duties remained binding despite the debt reduction. The court ruled that the concordata only affects existing liabilities and does not extinguish future contractual obligations like lifelong pension payments.

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RECUPERAÇÃO DE EMPRESA CONCORDATA REDUÇÃO PAGAMENTO EFEITOS CRÉDITO PENSÃO DE REFORMA

Keywords

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bankruptcy agreement future contractual debts pension obligations creditor reduction recovery plan effects

Cited Legislation

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DL 177/86 de 1986/07/02, Art. 22, n.º 1
DL 177/86 de 1986/07/02, Art. 49

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00032941

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP200111130120954

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 358/96-3S

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 9 V CIV PORTO

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/DDFB97329E4B63DF80256B45003C71DA?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

À concordata, homologada em processo especial de recuperação de empresa, reduzindo o pagamento aos credores não preferentes a 15% do capital com inexigibilidade dos juros vencidos e vincendos, não atinge as obrigações da empresa recuperanda quanto à satisfação dos créditos futuros, de origem contratual, que a responsabilizam pelo pagamento aos autores, vitalícia e mensalmente, de pensões de reforma com montantes sujeitos a correcção percentual.