Fairness over form
Once a winner is declared, the right to the prize becomes concrete and enforceable, and courts will not allow strained interpretations to defeat it.
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Once a winner is declared, the right to the prize becomes concrete and enforceable, and courts will not allow strained interpretations to defeat it.
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Former NEDA director general Solita Monsod has been highly critical of the current administration, which has faced intense scrutiny since the onset of the…
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Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) personnel whose jobs require them to travel by air are not automatically entitled to flying risk pay if…
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The SC rejected the argument, finding that Barcellano acted in good faith and had no reason to know the check would be dishonored.
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It cannot be stressed enough that it is the registry receipt issued by the mailing office and the affidavit of the person mailing that prove service made…
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The lesson is clear: Genuine distinctiveness must come from more than superficial styling or an ordinary qualifying word.
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Some 13,441 applicants have been cleared by the Supreme Court’s (SC) Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) to take the 2026 Bar examinations.
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A private prosecutor in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial said Thursday that the Constitution does not explicitly fix 16 votes as the threshold…
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The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that courts may determine whether a party is alive or dead in an ejectment case when necessary to resolve who has the right to…
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SC was clear about it. Man was not convicted because he only broke a promise to marry.
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The Supreme Court (SC) sentenced a police officer to two years, four months and one day in jail for committing psychological violence against his then-pregnant…
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From that moment he loses standing: he cannot participate, cannot seek relief, and regains his footing only by surrendering.
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The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a police officer for psychological violence against his then-pregnant girlfriend after he secretly withdrew…
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The Supreme Court has acquitted a woman of bigamy after ruling that a marriage void from the beginning may be invoked as a defense even without a prior…
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As an exception, the CA may review errors that are not assigned but are closely related to or dependent on an assigned error.
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The Supreme Court has been asked by two municipal fisherfolk to reconsider its ruling that upheld the unconstitutionality of a government regulation requiring…
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo administered the oath of office to former Deputy Ombudsman Gerard Mosquera as the first Judicial Integrity…
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A partylist lawmaker and a coalition of labor unions petitioned the Supreme Court on Wednesday to annul trial court orders that halted the implementation of a…
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