Monday, August 31, 2026

Summary Procedure and Preliminary Investigation for Criminal Cases, per the 2022 Rules on Expedited Procedures in the First Level Courts; Lawyers' Checklist.

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Carpio v. De Guzman, A.M. No. MTJ-93-850, October 2, 1996, 262 SCRA 615 The Supreme Court's decision in Carpio v. De Guzman remains an i...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Real estate developer's contractual responsibility may arise even at the reservation stage. Failure to honor the undertaking that induced payment can result in restitution, interest, and, where the circumstances justify it, exemplary damages.

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When a Developer Fails to Honor Its Promise: Empire East Land Holdings, Inc. v. Bautista The Supreme Court's decision in Empire East Lan...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Speedy Disposition of Cases: Whether the Ombudsman's delay in terminating the preliminary investigation violated petitioners' constitutional right to speedy disposition of cases.

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Nancy A. Catamco (formerly Nancy C. Perez) v. Sandiganbayan, Sixth Division, Office of the Ombudsman, and People of the Philippines G.R. Nos...
Monday, August 10, 2026

2018 NEW BAIL BOND GUIDE

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(NAR) VOL. 29 NO. 2/ APRIL - JUNE 18 [ DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR NO. 013, April 25, 2018 ] 2018 NEW BAIL BOND GUIDE Adopted: 08 March 2018 Date Fi...
Saturday, August 8, 2026

Administrative cases against lawyers do not prescribe.

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 Fidela Bengco and Teresita N. Bengco v. Atty. Pablo S. Bernardo, A.C. No. 6368, June 13, 2012, Second Division, Reyes, J.  Bengco v. Bernar...
Sunday, August 2, 2026

Republic Act No. 9231 (ANTI-CHILD LABOR LAW): Detailed Summary of the Key Legal Provisions

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Republic Act No. 9231, approved on 19 December 2003, is the Philippines' principal anti-child labor law. It is formally entitled: > ...

CHILD LABOR IN THE PHILIPPINES, U.S. Trade Measures, Philippine Law, Supreme Court Jurisprudence, and International Law

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It is important to distinguish between U.S. tariffs and U.S. forced-labor import enforcement, because they arise from different legal author...
Friday, July 31, 2026

To give meaning to the legislative intent of RA 9344, the promotion of the welfare of a CHILD IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW should extend even to one who has EXCEEDED THE AGE LIMIT OF TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS, so long as he/she committed the crime when he/she was still a child. The offender shall be entitled to the right to restoration, rehabilitation and reintegration in accordance with the Act in order that he/she is given the chance to live a normal life and become a productive member of the community. The age of the child in conflict with the law at the time of the promulgation of the judgment of conviction is not material. What matters is that the offender COMMITTED THE OFFENSE WHEN HE/SHE WAS STILL OF TENDER AGE. - 2009 REVISED RULE ON CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW.

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"Section 38 of RA No. 9344 provides that when the child below 18 years of age who committed a crime and was found guilty, the court sha...