Judicial corruption controversy: President of Court of Appeal stands down
Following allegations of rigging in the system of allocating judges, president of Lisbon’s Court of Appeal Orlando Nascimento has resigned with immediate effect. A letter tendering his resignation was requested
Judicial uproar as investigation suggests system of allocating cases is rigged, and open to corruption
Judges at Lisbon’s Court of Appeal are in an embarrassing spotlight this week as a journalistic investigation suggests the way cases are allocated has been manipulated, so that specific judges
Defamation claim against former Madeiran president to reach courtroom after 26 years…
It has taken 26 years for a defamation claim against the former president of Madeira Alberto João Jardim to get its day in court. The reason, explain reports, is that
Court spends €10,000 getting ready to hear €3.2 million fraud trial
Leiria court has just spent around €10,000 on renovations to ensure it’s ready for a trial into the alleged €3.2 million fraud of designer footwear, that damaged household names like
Ryanair forced to pay Portuguese staff according to Portuguese law
Lowcost airline Ryanair has seen Lisbon’s Court of Appeal rule in favour of cabin staff whose rights have been ‘constantly violated’ for over a decade because Ryanair refused to recognise
Judicial year opens with blistering attack on ‘political power’
Monday saw the start of the new judicial year – this time marked by a blistering attack on political power. Supreme tribunal president António Joaquim Piçarra laid the blame for
Maria Luísa beach tragedy trial begins in Loulé
The Portuguese State is the only defendant in the trial that begins today at Loulé’s administrative court to determine who was responsible for the tragic rock fall at Albufeira’s Maria
Aggression between colleagues ruled as “work accident”
Évora appeal court judges have ruled that consequences of ‘aggression between colleagues’ can be considered ‘work accidents’. The decision has come years after a temporary hotel worker was attacked by
Tutti Frutti – or ‘Tutti Corrupti”: new investigation into alleged institutional corruption
As if we already didn’t have enough corruption investigations with odd names, ‘tutti frutti’, or as one respected commentator has dubbed it: “tutti corrupti”, has been added to the pile.
Monchique courthouse to reopen in 2017
Monchique’s courthouse is set to reopen in 2017, Mayor Rui André announced on Wednesday (May 18) after a meeting in Lisbon with Justice Minister Francisca Van Dunen. “I received a