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

Case Number 73/95
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Constitutional Court granted the appeal against a Supreme Court judgment, ordering a reformulation of the case. The core issue involved whether labor-related credits should be adjudicated by common courts or labor courts under specific legislative changes. The court held that following Law 82/77, the term 'common courts' in the relevant decree must now refer to labor courts for such disputes.

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Art. 8°, n.º 1, Decreto-Lei n.º 138/85; Art. 8°, n.º 1, Decreto-Lei n.º 138/85, read in conjunction with Law n.º 82/77: The expression 'common courts' in provisions concerning labor credits must be interpreted as referring to labor courts.

Keywords

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labor credits labor courts common courts constitutional interpretation judicial jurisdiction legislative amendment Supreme Court reform

Cited Legislation

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Art. 8°, n.º 1, of Decreto-Lei n.º 138/85, de 3 de Maio
Law n.º 82/77, de 6 de Dezembro

Cited Case Law

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Constitutional Court Ruling 163/95
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TC_19950506
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TC_19950635
Portuguese Constitutional Court dismisses nullity claim for exceeding scope of constitutional review request.
721/92
Constitutional Court interprets labor law to assign labor credit cases to labor courts, not civil courts.
277/94
Constitutional Court allows labor credit claims by interpreting 'common courts' as labor courts under specific law.

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Acórdão 740/95

ACÓRDÃO Nº 740/95

Processo nº 73/95

1ª Secção

Relatora: Conselheira Assunção Esteves

Acordam no Tribunal Constitucional:

Neste processo, vindo do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, sendo recorrente A. e recorrida C. N. N. Companhia nacional de Navegação, E. P. , decide-se conceder provimento ao recurso, pelos fundamentos do Acórdão do Tribunal Constitucional nº 163/95, D.R., II Série, de 8-6-1995. Em consequência, revoga-se o acórdão recorrido, que deve ser reformulado por forma a aplicar no julgamento do recurso a norma do artigo 8°, nº l, 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 n° 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, 19 de Dezembro de 1995

Maria Assunção Esteves

Alberto Tavares da Costa

Vítor Nunes de Almeida

Armindo Ribeiro Mendes

Antero Monteiro Diniz

Maria Fernanda Palma

José Manuel Cardoso da Costa