Law

First instance court decisions will be available online in 2024

First instance court decisions will become available online next year, with the application of artificial intelligence techniques in the anonymization of cases and in...

Audi ordered to pay 200,000 euros for faulty airbags in Sesimbra accident

The Supreme Court of Justice has ordered Audi AG to pay compensation of 200,000 euros for failing to activate the airbags in an Audi...

Judicial staff discuss government proposal they consider “disrespectful”

The national secretary of the Union of Judicial Employees (SFJ) today referred the response to the new statute for bailiffs to a general assembly,...

President of the Portuguese Bar Association says PS admits to revisiting issues of the Statute of Bars and Law Societies

The president of the Portuguese Bar Association (OA) said yesterday that the PS has expressed its willingness in parliament to revisit all the issues...

Trial of Manuel Pinho and Ricardo Salgado in EDP case begins today

The trial in the EDP case, in which former BES chairman Ricardo Salgado, former Economy Minister Manuel Pinho and his wife Alexandra Pinho are...

Parliament to debate tobacco law today with tighter rules

The Portuguese parliament is today debating the tobacco law, which equates traditional consumption with heated consumption and tightens the siege on vending machines, with...