The Lisbon Central Court accepted an injunction on 28 April 2015 by the local taxi drivers’ association and prohibited the Uber application in Portugal, a decision that the same court confirmed in June.

Uber went to the Court of Appeal and according to the decision, the higher court said that the previous decision must be grounded “point by point, fact by fact, without any generalisations ".

Uber sais that "at this time when Portugal is moving towards modern regulation, that will bring a new mobility model to its cities, this is good news for the thousands of people who use Uber to get around every day and for the thousands of driver-partners who see Uber as providing important economic opportunities and job creation".