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Lawyers Facing Serious Illness or the Last Month of Pregnancy Could Pause Court Deadlines for 60 Days Under a PSD Bill

Today hearings can be postponed but deadlines keep running. The Bar Association backs the change, which would exclude urgent civil cases and any case with a defendant in custody.

7 October 2026

Immigration

AIMA Reimposes the 10-Senha Daily Cap on Lawyers at the Porto Loja With a 12h–16h Window — Three Cases Per Advogado Per Day Against a 200,000-File Court Backlog, Less Than a Year After the National Cap Was Lifted by Protocol With the Ordem

The Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo has quietly reimposed the ten-senha daily cap on lawyers at its Porto loja, with access squeezed into a four-hour 12h–16h window. Público's Vicente Nunes reads the new rule on the ground on Saturday...

10 May 2026