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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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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The lesson is clear: Genuine distinctiveness must come from more than superficial styling or an ordinary qualifying word.
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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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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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Magistrate Antonio Tirol Carpio left the Supreme Court after 18 years as an associate justice, hundreds of decisions and opinions, and a docket with no backlog.
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The Supreme Court (SC) has clarified two key rules governing cyber libel, affirming that the offense prescribes one year from discovery while ruling that…
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It makes no sense for the Philippines to negotiate with China over terms that would allow the Philippines to enter its own waters.
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Indonesia never laughed at us. Didn’t have to. Their action was the slap: ‘You won. But what did you build on top of it?’
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The Senate impeachment court on Wednesday granted the prosecution’s request to take judicial notice of the House of Representatives hearings that led to the…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is asking the Supreme Court (SC) to reconsider its decision striking down the government’s mandatory vessel monitoring…
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In sum, petitioner’s mere failure to return the entrusted funds does not ipso facto constitute estafa absent clear proof of the elements of misappropriation…
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President Marcos Jr. took a swipe at “detractors,” apparently aimed at China, in his fifth State of the Nation Address on Monday, as he pledged to uphold the…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took a swipe at “detractors,” apparently referring to China, during his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday as he…
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Abusers cannot expect leniency simply because their cruelty travels through Wi-Fi rather than a clenched fist.
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In short, courts are allowed to pass upon such an issue merely to determine who is entitled to possession de facto.
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