A 11ª Câmara do TRT-15 negou provimento a agravo de petição de dois trabalhadores que insistiam em pedir a penhorabilidade de um imóvel de propriedade de uma das sócias executadas. O argumento dos agravantes se baseou no fato de o imóvel ser "suntuoso" e, portanto, "não beneficiado pela regra da impenhorabilidade". (...) Segundo o acórdão, que teve como relator o desembargador Antonio Francisco Montanagna, o objetivo do legislador foi garantir "um teto para a entidade familiar, priorizando a dignidade da pessoa humana, ou seja, o direito de personalidade em face de um direito de crédito, de forma que a entrega da prestação jurisdicional não pode causar o desabrigo do devedor e sua família". (...)

Brazil is experiencing a historical moment of severe political crisis. Scandals about corruption, misappropriation of funds, frauds in administrative procedures, among others are daily showed by the media, undermining more and more the confidence of the people in their representatives. The contemporary political crisis caused the so-called public civil actions against misconducts of public servants to increase in quantity and severity. In these actions it is possible to be request the urgent measure of unavailability of Defendant’s assets. If that measure is granted Defendant’s patrimony may be totally or partially blocked. This exceptional measure is becoming a rule and that situation deserves the attention of the law operators.

Time passes and it seems that the fear Brazilians have of negotiations and the “passion” for filing actions within the Judiciary remains. Perhaps because of cultural issues, perhaps because legal education still primarily concerned with litigation, perhaps because of lack of knowledge or fear. But probably this reality is a sum of all these factors. (…) Unfortunately, these factors together makes Brazil still being a largely litigious country, with low rates of conflicts solutions.