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Due Process in Labor Disputes: Fair Hearings and Just Outcomes in Philippine Law
Explore how Philippine courts ensure due process in labor disputes, balancing employer rights and employee protections for fair hearings.
Accountability in Group Crime: Conspiracy and Individual Liability in Violent Attacks
When a group attacks, Philippine courts can hold each member liable for the acts of all through conspiracy. This case explains how.
Circumstantial Evidence Sufficient for Conviction in Robbery With Homicide Case
Supreme Court affirms robbery with homicide convictions based on circumstantial evidence, explaining when such evidence suffices for guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
Probate Court Approval of Estate Property Sales: Heirs of Sandejas v. Lina
When a deceased person contracted to sell property before death, the probate court can authorize its conveyance—here's what the Sandejas ruling means for heirs and buyers.
Conditional Sales and Probate Court Approval: Protecting Heirs' Rights in Estate Transactions
Learn how Philippine courts handle conditional sales of estate property, protecting heirs' shares while honoring valid contracts.
Buyer Beware: Understanding Delivery Delays and Liabilities in Philippine Sales Contracts
Learn how Philippine courts treat conditional sales, court approval requirements, and seller liability when property sales face delays.
Void Marriages and Inheritance Rights: Determining Legal Heirs in the Philippines
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on void marriages, death benefits, and who qualifies as legal heirs under the Family Code.
Bouncing Checks and Debt Settlement: When a Check's Purpose Doesn't Excuse the Funds
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on BP 22: the purpose of a check doesn't matter—issuing a bouncing check is punishable, even if meant as a guarantee.
Public Land vs Private Claim: Proving Alienable Classification Before Ownership
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on why long possession of public land cannot ripen into private ownership without proof of alienable classification.
Retroactive Application of Procedural Rules: Timely Filing of Certiorari Petitions in Labor Disputes
Learn how the Supreme Court applied A.M. No. 00-2-03-SC retroactively, allowing a late certiorari petition in a labor case to proceed.
Rape and Parental Relations: Clarifying Special Qualifying Circumstances in Philippine Law
A Supreme Court ruling clarifies when rape qualifies for the death penalty and why allegations of relationship must appear in the information.
Rape and the Requisite Allegations: Protecting Due Process in Criminal Prosecutions
The Supreme Court clarifies that special qualifying circumstances like relationship must be alleged in the information to justify the death penalty for rape.
Self Defense OR Brutal Attack Examining THE Limits OF Justifiable Force IN Homicide
Upholding Torrens Titles Ownership Rights Prevail Over Claims Of Prior Possession
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on Torrens titles, reconstitution requirements, and laches in land ownership disputes.
Upholding Property Rights: Reconveyance and Damages for Unlawful Possession
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on void reconstitution of title, laches, and property recovery explained in plain language.
When a Co-Owner Sells a Definite Portion: Rights of Buyers and the Limits of Torrens Titles
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on co-ownership sales, partial partition by long possession, and reconveyance despite Torrens title.
DUE Process AND Presidential Decrees Balancing Government Power AND Individual Rights
Self-Defense Unproven: The Limits of Justification in Homicide Cases
When alibi and self-defense fail: how Philippine courts weigh positive identification, treachery, and degrees of homicide.
Incestuous Rape: Why Alleging Minority in the Information Matters
A father's rape conviction was reduced from death to reclusion perpetua because the Information failed to properly allege the victim's minority.
Circumstantial Evidence and Treachery in Murder Convictions Without Direct Witnesses
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on conviction for murder based on eyewitness identification, treachery, and the weakness of alibi defense.
Premature Legal Challenges: The Necessity of Actual Injury in Ancestral Land Claims
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies that courts require an actual injury before resolving ancestral land claim disputes, dismissing premature petitions.
Eyewitness Testimony AND Alibi Defense Establishing Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt IN Criminal Cases
Conspiracy and Liability in Philippine Murder Cases: The Uriarte Doctrine
A look at how Philippine courts handle conspiracy, witness credibility, and conflicting medical evidence in homicide cases.
Seafarers' Rights: Who Is the Company-Designated Physician in Disability Claims
Philippine Supreme Court ruling clarifies that a company-designated physician need not be POEA-accredited for seafarer disability claims.