At the time of writing of these lines, Portugal is a country at
various speeds. Some economic sectors are fully operational, others
are restricted, and others are still waiting for specific rules to
be approved before they can resume their operation. The same is
true of both the private initiative and the public services
side.
One of the Portuguese Government's response measures to the
exceptional situation of prevention, containment, mitigation and
treatment of the epidemiological infection by SARS-CoV-2 and
COVID-19 disease was the suspension of most judicial
proceedings' deadlines. This suspension regime was approved
late, which led to the production of retroactive effects, and, less
than a month after its entry into force, it underwent important
changes, having remained in force since then, at least until the
last week of the month of May 2020.
