acumulação
Published 8 November 2026, 22:44
regime de acumulação (work on top of your main post)
An arrangement under which a judge or an official is assigned additional work without being relieved of their usual post: they handle their own cases in their own court and take on others' cases on top. This is how a nationwide group for lawsuits against AIMA was put together in April 2026 — the judges joined it under the acumulação regime, each with a quota of cases.
Where you come across it. News about clearing court backlogs and about temporary groups of judges.
This is why such groups are fragile: the work is voluntary overtime, and people drop out. Of the group's 28 judges for AIMA cases, 21 were left by September 2026.
Official website: cstaf.pt