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Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality

Judgment No. 814/2023

Appeal dismissed
Date
10 April 2023
Case
943-A/2021
Formation
Plenary
Rapporteur
Gilberto de Faria Magalhães
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Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.

SummaryUnofficial

The Angolan Bar Association (OAA) lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court Plenary judgment upholding the annulment, at the request of ENDIAMA, E.P., of a 2014 resolution of its National Council requiring parties to be represented by lawyers in arbitrations seated in Angola. The Court dismissed the appeal, holding that arbitration rests on party autonomy and that the UNCITRAL rules allow representation by any person, with no breach of Articles 193 and 195 of the Constitution.

international arbitrationpractice of lawparty autonomyAngolan Bar Association

Decision

Appeal dismissed

Type of proceedings

Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)

Full text

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