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Mar 5, 2001 banking law negotiable instruments civil law quasi-delict bank negligence deposits

Bank Negligence and Dishonored Checks: Protecting Your Reputation and Finances

Learn from the Firestone v. Luzon Development Bank case why non-negotiable instruments carry risks and how banks' duties apply.

Sep 14, 1999 civil liability acquittal endorser dishonored checks estafa negotiable instruments law

Civil Liability After Acquittal: Endorser Liability for Dishonored Checks in the Philippines

Learn when an acquittal in estafa does not erase civil liability, and how endorsers of dishonored checks may still be held to pay.

May 21, 1998 contract-law pacto-de-retro bounced-checks sale-with-right-of-repurchase philippine-law supreme-court

Contracts Still Stand: Why Bounced Checks Don't Always Void a Pacto de Retro Sale

Philippine Supreme Court ruling on why dishonored checks don't invalidate a pacto de retro sale when consideration existed at execution.

Aug 21, 1997 bouncing checks civil liability bp 22 estafa check dishonor philippine law

Liability for Dishonored Checks: When Civil Damages Can Be Recovered

A Supreme Court ruling clarifies when a party can recover civil damages from a check issuer even if criminal liability under B.P. 22 is not established.