Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
The operative part of this judgment is handwritten in the official PDF (page 8). The Portuguese page shows an unofficial transcription.
Velosi Angola, Lda lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the judgment of the Labour Chamber of the Supreme Court which, in a labour dispute over overtime, declined to hear its appeal on the grounds that its submissions were excessively long and obscure. The Court found no breach of the right of access to the courts, but allowed the appeal for breach of the right to a fair trial, amounting to a denial of justice, and remitted the case to the Supreme Court to revise its decision.
Decision
Appeal allowed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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