G.R. No. 103200 – 236 SCRA 78 – Remedial Law – Civil Procedure – Motion to Dismiss – Grounds for Dismissal In 1989, a conflict between La Naval Drug Corporation and a certain Wilson Yao arose regarding a lease contract. Yao invoked a provision in the lease contract whereby pursuant […]
Monthly Archives: April 2015
9 posts
G.R. No. 109957 – 324 Phil. 70 – 253 SCRA 705 – Remedial Law – Civil Procedure – Service of Summons – Voluntary Appearance In 1983, Joven Yasay filed an ejection case against Antonio Navale, Eligio Valdehueza, and several others. The Municipal Trial Court in Cities (in Cagayan de […]
G.R. No. 175241 – 627 Phil. 331 – 613 SCRA 518 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Freedom of Expression – Clear and Present Danger Test – Modification of a Rally Permit Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Rule 111 – Prejudicial Question In June 2006, the Integrated […]
G.R. Nos. 171947-48 – 574 SCRA 661 – Political Law – Elements of the State – Government – Ministerial vs Discretionary Functions – Mandamus Constitutional Law – Right to a Healthful Ecology Civil Law – Environmental Laws – Continuing Mandamus; When first applied in Philippine setting In 1999, the […]
G.R. No. L-24163 – 137 Phil. 745 – 27 SCRA 1090 – Legal Ethics – Attorney’s Fees; Right Thereto – Contingent Fees In 1964, Luis and Pablo Magtibay engaged the services of Atty. Regino Aro in a partition case. The Magtibays have no money to pay Atty. Aro and so […]
Every law student may have heard about at least one law professor telling them a story about how he or she had to break up with a boyfriend (or a girlfriend) during the time when he or she were to take the bar exams. The obvious reason is that they want to […]
G.R. No. 132365 – 354 Phil. 262 – 292 SCRA 264 – Legal Ethics – Duty of Lawyers To Properly Quote The Supreme Court Judicial Ethics – Duty of the Judge to be Studious of the Principles of Law In 1996, the Commission on Elections filed criminal cases against certain […]
G.R. No. 75305 – 258 Phil. 575 – 177 SCRA 778 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Wages – Primacy of Workers Lien; When Not Applicable In March 1985, Michael Peñalosa et al won a labor case against the Riverside Mills Corporation (RMC). They were awarded damages and other […]
When I finished high school, I never imagined myself becoming a lawyer. I came from a simple family. My father was a taxi driver and my mother was a waitress. There were no lawyers in our family and we have no lawyer relatives at all. I still remember when […]