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The Portuguese Navy has reopened disciplinary proceedings against crew members who refused to board the NRP Mondego in 2023, following a Supreme Administrative Court ruling that annulled previous sanctions due to procedural errors.
The Guimarães Court has revoked the prison sentence of a scrap dealer who had been sentenced to 20 months for three counts of stealing water from the public network, replacing it with a 200-day fine at a daily rate of five euros.
The Lisbon City Council approved the payment of two indemnities this Thursday, totalling nearly 40 million euros, following court rulings related to urban planning processes from three decades ago, including the construction of the Alvalade XXI Complex. In a private meeting, the municipal executive reviewed two proposals to comply with court decisions regarding these cases.
André Ventura failed to meet the deadline to appeal a Lisbon Court of Appeal ruling that upheld the removal of a campaign poster stating “Gypsies must obey the law.” Despite previously vowing to take the case to the Constitutional Court, the Chega leader did not file an appeal. The court's ruling, which cited European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence, concluded that political free speech does not protect racist or xenophobic discourse that targets specific ethnic groups.
When she claimed the missing salary differences in 2023, the administration refused to pay.
They remained friends after their relationship ended, but when he saw her at the nightclub, he stalked and assaulted her. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison.
The defendant was sentenced to a single effective prison term of four and a half years and ordered to pay the victim civil compensation of 36,081.51 euros.
In 2025, the ECHR ordered the Portuguese State to pay compensation exceeding 209,000 euros. According to the report, the majority of cases concerned detention conditions and freedom of expression.
The Central Civil Court of Cascais convicted the OE for bad faith in a lawsuit against TVI journalists. Luís Carneiro Filipe and Ana Rita Cavaco are subject to paying a fine of 1200 euros.
The theft scheme was based in Coimbra and yielded more than 30,000 euros.
Coimbra Court of Appeal confirms the woman's conviction.
Paulo killed Sónia with two shotgun blasts in June 2024.
PRESS REVIEW | The judges considered that it was not proven that the money resulted from the sale of drugs.
This article discusses a judicial decision in Portugal highlighting a procedural error related to the principle of adversariality (contraditório) in civil proceedings. Specifically, it emphasizes that in incidents such as opposition to a garnishment, courts must allow parties to respond to all evidence and arguments before issuing a decision on the merits. The case reviewed involved a court ruling without giving the parties, particularly the defendant, the opportunity to contest witness testimony or respond to evidence, violating the constitutional principle of adversariality outlined in Article 3, nº3 of the Portuguese Civil Procedure Code. The decision was deemed a procedural nullity due to this breach, underscoring the importance of respecting procedural rights to ensure fair trial standards in Portuguese civil law.
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The 300 kilograms of seized cocaine were enough to produce approximately 1.2 million individual daily doses
The men were sentenced to prison terms ranging from seven to nine years for the crime of aggravated drug trafficking.
André Ventura, leader of the Chega party, has announced he will appeal to the Constitutional Court after the Lisbon Court of Appeal upheld a ruling ordering the removal of a poster stating 'Roma people must obey the law'. The court deemed the message discriminatory and beyond the limits of free speech, contradicting a separate Public Prosecutor's decision to archive a criminal inquiry into the same posters. Legal experts argue the Court of Appeal's ruling highlights the limits of free expression regarding hate speech, while criticizing the Public Prosecutor's reasoning as unfounded.
The decision dated March 12 partially approves the plan proposed by Luís Delgado, owner of the company that acquired a series of magazines from the Impresa group in 2018, including Visão. The Supreme Court only declared the clause regarding the creditors' rights plan null and void.
Five of the 22 defendants were sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to six and a half years, with two sentences suspended. The remaining defendants were acquitted.
The Court of Appeal considers that the fact that André Ventura is a politician does not grant him special rights to freedom of expression that supersede the Constitution or the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Supreme Court of Justice had annulled the previous ruling because the defendant was not informed that he was no longer considered legally insane, ordering a partial retrial.
The Central Criminal Court of Lisbon has decided to uphold the 25-year prison sentence for the man who confessed to killing two women at the Ismaili Centre in Lisbon in 2023, refusing to deem him mentally unfit for trial.
The Lisbon Court of Appeal rejected the appeal from André Ventura and confirmed the initial decision of the Lisbon Civil Court, which ordered the removal of his presidential campaign posters that targeted the Roma community. The leader of Chega and former presidential candidate invoked several reasons in his appeal against the decision of...
The leader of Chega and former presidential candidate invoked several reasons in his appeal against the December decision, including the “right to freedom of political expression”.
The court considers that the “dignity of the human person” was violated
Disciplinary penalties applied to the military personnel were definitively annulled by the courts, but the hierarchy insists on punishing them.
The European Court ruled in favour of the CMTV journalist, and an extraordinary appeal for review determined her acquittal.
The Mais Sindicato announced this Wednesday that the court has ruled against the Institute for Financing Agriculture and Fisheries (IFAP) in a case regarding the integration of workers into the public administration career scheme, according to a statement. In a note, the union recalled that, “representing the workers of the former Ifadap (now IFAP), it has once again obtained a ruling...”
A man was sentenced to two years and two months in prison at the Nisa court for driving with a duplicate licence.
The court considered the Public Prosecutor's accusation “totally unfounded”, deciding to acquit Pedro Vieira of the crimes he was charged with.
