Gonçalo Amaral confirms he will appeal the damages decision to higher Court.

[Brietta]

I thought there was a time limit on appeals to the Portuguese courts, if so this one seems to be exceeding it.

Anyone have any ideas?  Is the delay the norm, or is this unusual?

[ferryman]

I thought there was a time limit on appeals to the Portuguese courts, if so this one seems to be exceeding it.

Anyone have any ideas?  Is the delay the norm, or is this unusual?

Jean-Pierre said, upstream of this thread, that appeals generally take 10 months to a year to be heard from the first-instance court.

If that's right, then there should be news of some kind very soon

[parapono]

The appeal was made last September. See PJGA. Appeals take from six months up to a year. So no delay at all.
Edited to correct the date. It was on the 2nd of September 2015.

[ferryman]

The appeal was made last October. Appeals take from six months up to a year. So no delay at all.

If the appeal was only lodged last October, then Amaral was too late.

He had 40 calendar days (from the point of the issue of the decision of the court of first instance) to lodge it, which would have been some point in June.

October would have been way too late ...

[Brietta]

The appeal was made 2nd of September 2015. Appeals take from six months up to a year. So no delay at all.

Thanks Ferryman and thanks to you too Parapono ... so we could be talking from any time now until 2nd of September 2016.
So until then ... no delay.



Good to have you posting ... a belated welcome to the forum.

[stephen25000]

If the appeal was only lodged last October, then Amaral was too late.

He had 40 calendar days (from the point of the issue of the decision of the court of first instance) to lodge it, which would have been some point in June.

October would have been way too late ...

Why do you bother with that.

You know it was, and it was explained to you some time ago, on this forum.

[ferryman]

Why do you bother with that.

You know it was, and it was explained to you some time ago, on this forum.

Know what was?

And know what convoluted formula of words passed as an explanation?

[stephen25000]

Know what was?

And know what convoluted formula of words passed as an explanation?

If you doubt it, check with the Portuguese appeal court.

[parapono]

I stand corrected. I posted the wrong date. On the PJGA twitter account an copy of the original receipt can be found .
The date is 2nd of September 2015.

[parapono]

Thanks Ferryman and thanks to you too Parapono ... so we could be talking from any time now until 2nd of September 2016.

So until then ... no delay.

Good to have you posting ... a belated welcome to the forum.

Thanks for the welcome:-)

[Mr Gray]

The appeal was made last September. See PJGA. Appeals take from six months up to a year. So no delay at all.
Edited to correct the date. It was on the 2nd of September 2015.

on what basis do you make the claim that appeals take 6 months to a year...how accurate is it

[parapono]

on what basis do you make the claim that appeals take 6 months to a year...how accurate is it

See Jean-Pierre's post further up on this thread please.

[Mr Gray]

See Jean-Pierre's post further up on this thread please.

your estimate is quite different...so please...where did you get your information from...is it accurate

[Brietta]

If the appeal was only lodged last October, then Amaral was too late.

He had 40 calendar days (from the point of the issue of the decision of the court of first instance) to lodge it, which would have been some point in June.

October would have been way too late ...

Parapono has amended post ... date when appeal lodged was 2nd of September 2015.

[Carana]

PT has been overhauling the management of their judicial system, with quite a few hiccups along the way. There has also been a massive backlog in civil appeals cases to deal with (dating back years), plus the fact that appeals seem to be accepted far more easily than in other jurisdictions.

This might take some time...