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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
03.04.2025

Individual Insolvencies and Stamp Duty Exemption

The January 22, 2025, Supreme Court of Justice Harmonising Decision only applies to insolvency proceedings involving natural persons if the immovable assets in question are directly linked to the business activity of the insolvent individual.
Legal Brief Reestruturação e insolvência Personal Insolvency Restructuring and Insolvency João Mota da Costa EN Insolvência pessoal
27.03.2025

Executor of the Estate: Powers and Duties

Who takes over the management of assets upon someone’s death or a couple’s divorce? Bárbara Figueiredo explains in a piece originally published in Diário de Coimbra
Family and Succession Bárbara Figueiredo EN

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