Legal Insights

Road Right of Way and Due Process in Easement Annotation: The Borromeo Bros. Case

When is annotating an easement of road right of way valid? The Supreme Court explains due process in land registration proceedings.

Timeshare Contracts and SEC Registration: What Buyers Should Know

Supreme Court clarifies that unregistered timeshare sales violate the Securities Act, and buyers may rescind such contracts.

Enforcing Contractual Obligations: Valid Payment and the Courts' Supervisory Role

When may a buyer rescind a timeshare contract? The Supreme Court clarifies registration rules, rescission periods, and appeal deadlines.

Forged Titles and Faulty Foundations: How Errors in Original Land Registration Undermine Property Rights in th

A Supreme Court ruling explains why the date of transcription, not decree issuance, determines a title's validity and priority.

Supreme Court Clarifies Torrens Title Date: Registration Takes Effect on Transcription, Not Decree Issuance

The Court ruled that a Torrens title takes effect only upon transcription by the Register of Deeds, resolving a decades-old land dispute.

Land Registration AND THE Burden OF Proof Establishing Alienability AND Disposability

Land Registration: Proving Public Lands Are Alienable and Disposable

Philippine Supreme Court ruling on why applicants must prove public lands are alienable and disposable before registration.

Fraudulent Land Registration and the Four-Year Prescription Period for Reconveyance Actions

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when the four-year prescriptive period for reconveyance actions begins, using Sixto Antonio v. Santos as guide.

Forum Shopping Dismissal of Land Registration Application Over Larger Properties

When does opposing a land registration application become forum shopping? The Supreme Court clarifies the rule in Calinisan v. Court of Appeals.

Proof of Alienability Required: Land Registration Denied Without Government Certification

Supreme Court denies land registration where applicant failed to prove the property was alienable and disposable public land.

Well-Known Foreign Trademarks Protected in the Philippines Even Without Local Registration

Philippine Supreme Court affirms protection for well-known foreign trademarks like IN-N-OUT Burger, even without local registration or local business presence.

Double Sale OF Registered Land Good Faith Registration Prevails

Partitioning Property Understanding Co-Ownership and Heirs' Rights in the Philippines

Learn how Philippine law resolves double sales of inherited property, the role of registration, and heirs' rights in co-ownership disputes.

Double Sale Doctrine, Good Faith Registration, and Forged Deeds in Philippine Land Disputes

The Supreme Court clarifies when the double sale rule applies and why good faith registration cannot cure a forged deed in land disputes.

Perfecting Land Titles: Open, Continuous, and Adverse Possession Since June 12, 1945

Learn how the Supreme Court applied the June 12, 1945 possession rule in land registration, citing Republic v. Consunji.

Trademark Rights vs Registration: Resolving Unfair Competition Claims

The Supreme Court clarifies how trademark registration and actual use affect unfair competition claims under the Intellectual Property Code.

Trade Union Centers Cannot Directly Create Local Chapters: Clarifying Labor Organization Legitimacy

Supreme Court rules trade union centers cannot directly charter local chapters, clarifying registration requirements under Philippine labor law.

Perfecting Land Titles THE Burden OF Proof AND Attorneys Duty IN Land Registration Cases

Indefeasibility of Title: Why Land Ownership Can't Be Attacked Decades After Registration

A Torrens title becomes incontrovertible after one year. Learn why a collateral attack on a 1973 title failed in Ingusan v. Heirs of Reyes.

Land Registration: Proving Possession Since June 12, 1945 for Imperfect Titles

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies the June 12, 1945 possession requirement for land registration under Section 14 of PD 1529.

Finality of Land Registration Judgment Prevails Despite Delayed Decree Issuance

A land registration judgment becomes final after 30 days and binds the whole world, even if the decree is issued decades later.

Land Title Registration in the Philippines: Overcoming the Presumption of Public Land

A Supreme Court ruling on land registration in the Philippines explains why proving alienable public land requires more than a surveyor's notation.

Land Title Registration in the Philippines: Acquiring Ownership Through Prescription

Learn how to acquire land title in the Philippines through prescription under Section 14(2) of PD 1529, explained through a landmark Supreme Court ruling.

Double Sale of Land in the Philippines: Bad Faith Registration and Ejectment Rights

Philippine Supreme Court ruling on double sale of land: bad faith registration cannot defeat the first buyer's right to possession.