Monday, February 2, 2009

Fees

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In the case of TRADERS ROYAL BANK EMPLOYEES UNION-INDEPENDENT vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and EMMANUEL NOEL A. CRUZ, G.R. No. 12...
Monday, January 26, 2009

Obama

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I am digesting the salient parts of the inaugural speech of the 44th US president, Barack Obama, in relation to the rule of law and social j...

16 judges killed

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Sixteen Filipino judges have been killed since 1999, forcing the Philippine Supreme Court to exploit human greed in helping solve the murd...

Ultimate dream

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Most Filipinos, even the highly educated ones, have the wrong impression that the ultimate dream of a private lawyer is to be appointed in t...

Identity

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In the case of ZENAIDA B. GONZALES vs. ATTY. NARCISO PADIERNOS, A.C. No. 6713, December 8, 2008, the Supreme Court suspended a lawyer from l...

ratio decidendi

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What is the legal effect of a decision of the Supreme Court where a majority concurred only in the result and not in the ratio decidendi the...

Continuing detention

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In a situation where the respondent in a criminal case is under an inquest proceeding and the inquest prosecutor dismisses the criminal comp...

Consolation

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In the case of ENGR. EDGARDO C. GARCIA vs. JUDGE MELJOHN DE LA PEÑA, EN BANC, A.M. No. MTJ-92-687, December 8, 2008, the Supreme Court held ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

2008 laws

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May I list below the important national laws passed by Congress in 2008, for legal research purposes of the visitors of this blog: Republic ...

The chief is under attack

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May I share a material from the Supreme Court stating the sectoral supports that Chief Justice Reynato Puno has been receiving in re: the ru...

Extortion

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In the case of FERNANDO MARTIN O. PENA vs. ATTY. LOLITO G. APARICIO, A.C. No. 7298 [Formerly CBD Case No. 05-1565], June 25, 2007, the Sup...

Lawyer-client relationship

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In the case of MA. LUISA HADJULA vs. ATTY. ROCELES F. MADIANDA, A.C. No. 6711, July 3, 2007, the Supreme Court reprimanded and admonished ...