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On 15 July 2024, the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) published Ruling no. 10/2024 , for the Uniformisation of Jurisprudence. This ruling deals with the recognition of a car insurance company's right of recourse in the event of a road accident caused by a driver who was driving under the influence ...

The European Parliament and Council Directive (EU) 2024/1760, published on 5 July in the Official Journal of the European Union (EU) and which will enter into force on 25 July, is responsible for implementing a set of rules aimed at ensuring that certain companies based or operating in the EU, as...

We are marking the International Day of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises by drawing attention to the Compete 2030 Programme , which has opened two new Calls for Proposals with a total allocation of 500 million euros for Support for Productive Innovation. This funding is a significant...

Opinion article by Félix Bernardo , head of our labour and social security area in the magazine Human Resources Portugal   on harassment at work . Many will say that this is a widely debated topic. But the truth is that its persistence and the data on its prevalence show that it is still a...

Today, many Portuguese people live abroad and so, naturally, many divorces of Portuguese citizens are decreed in other countries. So the question is whether these divorces are valid in Portugal on their own or whether certain procedures need to be put in place. Rita Sales Dias

With the start of the European Football Championship in Germany, the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Organization) has launched a campaign under the slogan "Play Fair", with the aim of making fans aware of the negative effects of counterfeiting, leading them to opt for official...

On 27 May, following a meeting of the Extraordinary Council of Ministers, a set of measures was approved that partly implement the new housing strategy ‘Building Portugal’, presented to the Portuguese on 10 May 2024. We have a set of measures that will result in a change to the regime app...

When approving the accounts of commercial companies, the shareholders can allocate part of the profits for the financial year to balance sheet bonuses to employees. These are a way of distributing part of the profits generated by the company to employees (including managers), based on the ...