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23.06.2025

Forced Heirship: Family Protection vs. Freedom of Will

Forced heirship ensures a share of the estate for statutory heirs, but limits testamentary freedom. How can family protection and freedom of will be balanced? This piece by Bárbara Figueiredo offers an answer.
Family and Succession Bárbara Figueiredo EN
29.05.2025

Medical Liability: Between the Public and the Private Sectors

Carlos Vasconcelos and Bruno Martelo explore the legal and practical impact of rising healthcare litigation in an era of increasing scrutiny, information, and media exposure
Legal Brief Bruno Martelo EN Carlos Vasconcelos EN Health Law
23.05.2025

Domestic Violence and Succession Indignity

Should a convicted domestic abuser be allowed to inherit from their victim? This article by Bárbara Figueiredo explores the exclusion of domestic violence from succession indignity cases
Family and Succession Bárbara Figueiredo EN Família e sucessões
28.04.2025

On the Duty to Provide Maintenance

The obligation to provide maintenance can reverse over a lifetime and create difficult family dilemmas. In which cases can this duty be refused? Bárbara Figueiredo explains in a piece originally published in Diário de Coimbra
Family and Succession Bárbara Figueiredo EN Família e sucessões
16.04.2025

The new residence permit regime for CPLP nationals

New rules for CPLP residence permits ensure EU uniform format, greater legal certainty, and the right to free movement within the Schengen Area
Legal Brief Immigration Clara Vendramini EN
07.04.2025

Conscientious Objection by Healthcare Professionals

Conscientious objection by healthcare professionals has been a subject of debate, particularly in the context of voluntary termination of pregnancy. This debate may intensify with the issue of medically assisted death
Legal Brief Carlos Vasconcelos Direito da saúde Nota informativa Carlos Vasconcelos EN Health Law

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