The Third Panel of the Superior Court of Justice, in the decision of Special Appeal No. 2.124.423/SP, ruled out the liability of a digital bank where an account received sums transferred by a person who believed they were acquiring a vehicle at auction, passing judgment on a quite current issue in today’s society, given that…
In a recent award of the Fourth Panel, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) has reiterated a core guideline in the field of civil liability and consumer protection: the old age of the victim, by itself, cannot be raised to support moral damage or ground its aggravation in bank fraud cases. The case in question,…
The bill of Civil Code reform established the application of a two-phase method to quantify nonpecuniary damage, in line with doctrine and caselaw. Civil Law, whose origins date back to Roman Law, regulates the entire life of the human being since conception, by ensuring the rights of the unborn, until death, by governing inheritance…
