Requirements for recognition as professionally qualified representative

ATA/472/1996Tribunal de Justiça / Câmara Administrativa28 de ago. de 1996Dismissed

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Resumo Omnilex

A representative acting for an insured person submitted a request outside the Administrative Court's jurisdiction and did so in a way that showed no real command of the legal concepts used. The court held that such conduct does not justify recognition as a professionally qualified representative under Art. 9 para. 1 LPA. It emphasized the public interest in preventing unqualified persons from advertising professional legal services they are not able to provide.

Sumário Omnilex

Art. 9 al. 1 LPA; requirements for recognition as a professionally qualified representative: a person may be recognized only if he or she possesses the legal knowledge and practical ability necessary to act competently on behalf of others. Mere use of juridical terminology, if not accompanied by understanding of its meaning, does not suffice. Filing a request outside the competent court, coupled with inadmissible conclusions, may evidence insufficient qualifications. Recognition must also be denied in light of the public interest in preventing the public from being misled by persons who present themselves as capable of rendering professional services without actually being able to do so.

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Descripteurs

PROCEDURE; MANDATAIRE PROFESSIONNELLEMENT QUALIFIE; ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ASSU

Normes

LPA.9 al.1

Résumé

Un représentant d'un assuré qui rédige une requête, pour laquelle le Tribunal administratif n'est pas compétent, dans une langue difficilement compréhensible, en utilisant de nombreuses expressions juridiques sans qu'il en comprenne le sens, et en prenant des conclusions irrecevables, ne dispose pas des connaissances lui permettant d'être considéré comme un MPQ. L'intérêt public commande d'éviter que des personnes physiques agissant sous leur propre nom ou par le biais de personnes morales qu'elles représentent abusent du public en prétendant offrir des services qu'elles sont incapables d'assumer.

Palavras-chave

professionally qualified representativesocial insurancejurisdictionadmissibilitylegal competencepublic interest

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Questões jurídicas principais extraídas pela Omnilex

Questão jurídica principal

Whether the representative had sufficient knowledge to be recognized as a professionally qualified representative under Art. 9 para. 1 LPA.

Decisão extraída

No. A person who files a petition outside the court's jurisdiction, uses legal terminology without understanding it, and advances inadmissible conclusions does not show the knowledge required for recognition as a professionally qualified representative.

Fundamentação extraída

Recognition depends on actual legal competence, not merely on the use of legal-sounding language. The public interest requires preventing individuals from holding themselves out as capable providers of professional services when they are unable to perform them adequately.

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