Extrajudicial compulsory adjudication of real estate regulated
In January of this year, Law 14.382/22 came into force, implementing the Electronic Public Records System (Serp). Among the innovations introduced is the possibility of extrajudicial compulsory adjudication of real estate. Compulsory Adjudication is the right of the buyer to force the transfer of ownership of a property, provided he has fulfilled all his contractual […]
São Paulo court rules that interest rates charged by banks cannot be higher than the market average
This is a topic that always comes up again in times of high SELIC rates. In this scenario, it is common for financial institutions to be challenged in court for an alleged abuse in charging interest. Recently, the São Paulo Court of Justice, through the 20th Chamber of Private Law, consolidated its understanding that banks […]
