Most lawyers in Portugal are women and work alone, and 58 percent of those who disclosed their pay earn under 2,157 euros a month gross. Here is what the Bar Association's survey found, and how to get legal aid or check a lawyer is registered.
Judges at the São João Novo court found the tax-fraud charge unproven and cleared Mário Ferreira and two of his companies over the 2015 sale of the Atlântida via a Maltese company. What the prosecution alleged, what the defence argued, and what comes next.
Pending first-instance tax cases fell from 39,912 to 18,480 between 2020 and 2025, the FFMS "Portugal Fiscal" study shows. Arbitration at CAAD now takes a third of disputes and decides in 4.5 months on average. The deadlines and fees if you challenge the AT.
Amadeu Guerra says he did not challenge Parliament to change the 1974 right of assembly law, opposes rewriting laws in reaction to events, and sees no grounds to send it to the Constitutional Court. What the law says on notice, the 00:30 limit and stopping protests.
The SNCGP says most prisoners would spend 22 hours a day in their cells, with no food parcels and one visit a week, as guards press the government over overtime pay and stalled promotions.
President Seguro said the police charge at the Rossio camp produced images "not normal for a consolidated democracy". The 55 people detained there on 20 October have until 6 November to accept a 150 euro provisional suspension or go to trial.
The police inspectorate is examining how the PSP cleared the Rossio and Porto housing camps, and the Prosecutor-General wants Parliament to revisit the 1974 right-of-assembly decree. What the law requires of protesters and police, and how to complain to the IGAI.
