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Portuguese Constitutional Court rules labor credit disputes must be heard by labor courts, not common courts.

Case Number TC_19950506
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Constitutional Court granted the public prosecution's appeal and revoked a lower court judgment that incorrectly applied common court jurisdiction. The case involved a dispute over labor-related credits where the Supreme Court had erroneously assigned jurisdiction to common courts instead of labor courts. The Court ruled that the term 'common courts' in the relevant decree must be interpreted as labor courts when labor credits are involved, following the 1977 law.

Legislator headnote

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Decreto-Lei nº 138/85, Art. 8º, nº 1; Lei nº 82/77: The term 'common courts' in labor credit disputes must be interpreted as referring to labor courts.

Keywords

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labor credit jurisdiction labor courts competence common courts interpretation Constitutional Court review labor relations dispute

Cited Legislation

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Decreto-Lei nº 138/85, de 3 de Maio, Art. 8º, nº 1
Lei nº 82/77, de 6 de Dezembro
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73/95
Constitutional court rules labor credit disputes must be heard by labor courts, not common courts.
TC_19950296
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TC_19950295
Constitutional Court declares labor credit jurisdiction rule unconstitutional, mandating labor courts instead of civil courts.
TC_19950164
Constitutional Court dismisses appeal regarding jurisdictional competence after prior invalidation ruling. The court holds that the Supreme Court's application of a non-revoked statute does not violate the prior constitutional decision. The court refuses to review the substantive interpretation of the statute by the lower court. The court states it cannot re-evaluate the lower court's reasoning on jurisdictional competence. The court notes the appeal does not address the specific constitutional issue previously decided. The court concludes that the lower court's decision remains valid despite the prior ruling.
TC_19920271
Constitutional court declares labor credit jurisdiction rule unconstitutional for violating legislative reserve on court organization.

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Acórdão 506/95

ACÓRDÃO Nº 506/95

Proc. nº 486/94

1ª Secção

Cons. Rel.: Assunção Esteves

Acordam no Tribunal Constitucional:

Nos presentes autos, vindos do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, sendo recorrentes o Ministério Público e A. e outro e recorrida a empresa B., pelos fundamentos do Acórdão nº 163/95 [D.R., II Série, de 8-6-1995], decide-se conceder provimento aos recursos e, em consequência, revogar o acórdão recorrido, que deve ser reformulado por forma aplicar a norma do artigo 8º, nº 1, do Decreto-Lei nº 138/85, de 3 de Maio, com o sentido de que a expressão "tribunais comuns" constante de tal preceito deve, após a Lei nº 82/77, de 6 de Dezembro, e quando estejam em causa créditos oriundos de relações laborais, entender-se como correspondendo aos tribunais do trabalho.

Lisboa, 28 de Setembro de 1995

Maria da Assunção Esteves

Maria Fernanda Palma

Vítor Nunes de Almeida

Alberto Tavares da Costa

Armindo Ribeiro Mendes

Antero Alves Monteiro Dinis

Luís Nunes de Almeida