Legislator Case Law & Legislation
0405897 AI generated

Intervention as principal party requires single material dispute; inadmissible if based on two separate disputes.

Case Number 0405897
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible

Legislator summary

AI generated

The court dismissed the intervention as a principal party because it relied on two distinct material disputes rather than a single one. The plaintiff attempted to intervene based on separate legal relationships, violating the requirement for a unified controversy under Article 351 of the Civil Procedure Code. Consequently, the court ruled that such intervention is inadmissible when the foundational arguments address multiple unrelated material controversies.

Legislator headnote

Official

INTERVENçãO PRINCIPAL

Keywords

AI generated
intervention as principal party single material dispute Civil Procedure Code inadmissible intervention multiple controversies

Cited Legislation

AI generated
Art. 351 do C.P.C.

Need to analyze how this precedent applies to your matter?

Cross-reference this judgment against statutes, commentaries, and subsequent citing case law inside Legislator AI.

Open in Legislator →

Full text

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00001541

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199105060405897

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/F0001F82CAB6C2788025686B00661CD3?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I- A intervenção como parte principal, ao abrigo do art.

351 do C. P. Civil, pressupõe uma unica relação material controvertida respeitante a varias pessoas.

II- Assim, não e ela admissivel se os seus fundamentos se baseiam na existencia de duas relações materiais controvertidas.