Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
PRAXIS – Gestão Imobiliária, S.A., an intervening party in proceedings, appealed against a Supreme Court judgment upholding the first-instance decision on its interlocutory appeal, arguing that it had never been notified, through its lawyer, of the order admitting that appeal. The Court allowed the appeal, finding that equality of arms had not been ensured, in breach of the principle of legality, effective judicial protection and the right to fair proceedings.
Decision
Appeal allowed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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