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SUSPENSION OF JUDICIAL DEADLINES Summary: As result of the pandemic situation caused by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and COVID-19 disease, it was approved exceptional and temporary measures in Justice sector. In the present Article, we proceed with a brief analysis about the temporary and exceptional legal regime of the suspension of judicial deadlines, since Law no. 1-A/2020, of March 19, until the most recent legal publication, Law no. 4-B/2021, of February 1. Keywords: Covid-19, Suspension of Deadlines, Justice, Courts, Exceptional and Temporary measures. 1. Introduction Following the epidemiological situation caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and COVID-19 disease, it was approved exceptional and temporary measures in Justice sector, who’s main propose is to guarantee the access to law and courts to the defence of the rights and legal protected interests of all citizens, as established in Constitution of the Portuguese Republic. In this regard, an exceptional and temporary regime was approved which established the suspension of court deadlines and the realization of judicial, administrative, procedures diligences, etc., object to successive and inherent implications in the conduct of legal acts, processes, and procedures, in the respective calculation of legal deadlines. This Article mains to present a succinct analysis about the evolution of the exceptional … Read More