Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Supreme Court (Portugal))

Date: 05/08/2018

Subject: The decision of the Constitutional, founds the constitutional illegitimacy of article 7(3) of law n. 34/2004, where it excluded legal protection (legal aid) for legal persons, without taking into consideration their actual economic situation, in the light of the norms of the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and of the jurisprudence of the Courts of Strasbourg and Luxembourg

Parties: Representante do Ministério Público junto do Tribunal Constitucional

Original language: Portuguese

Classification: Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal - Legal aid

Text