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Eminent Domain and Just Compensation: Fair Value for Delayed Government Takings
When the government delays payment in expropriation, landowners are entitled to more than the property's old value—here's why.
Just Compensation in Agrarian Reform: How Selling Price Affects Land Valuation
The Supreme Court clarifies how selling price data should be used in computing just compensation for agrarian reform lands.
Unlocking Fair Compensation: How the Philippine Supreme Court Calculates Just Compensation in Agrarian Reform
The Supreme Court clarifies how just compensation is computed in agrarian reform cases, emphasizing data accuracy and timely payment.
Just Compensation in Agrarian Cases: Evidence Rules and Interest Lessons from Land Bank v. Macaraeg
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies how courts value agrarian land, weigh evidence, and compute interest on delayed just compensation.
Understanding Liability for Just Compensation in Philippine Expropriation Cases: Insights from a Landmark Ruli
When government corporations take over assets, who pays just compensation? The Supreme Court clarifies liability rules in expropriation cases.
Easements vs. Taking: Just Compensation for Transmission Line Expropriation
When does an easement of right of way become a taking requiring full just compensation? The Supreme Court clarifies in this landmark case.
When Just Compensation Is Valued: The Time of Taking in Agrarian Land Cases
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies that just compensation for agrarian reform lands must be valued at the time of taking, not at later dates.
Just Compensation in Agrarian Reform: When the Land Was Taken Matters
Explaining the Supreme Court's ruling in Land Bank v. Paliza on the reckoning date for just compensation in agrarian reform cases.
Just Compensation in Agrarian Reform: The Time of Taking Matters
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies that just compensation in agrarian reform cases is valued at the time of taking, not at later dates.
Understanding the Limits of Preliminary Injunctions in Property Disputes: A Guide for Property Owners and Lend
Learn how Philippine courts determine just compensation in agrarian reform cases, including the role of DAR formulas and the time of taking.
Just Compensation in Agrarian Reform: Courts Must Independently Verify Land Valuation
The Supreme Court clarifies that courts cannot simply adopt Land Bank's valuation in agrarian cases but must independently determine just compensation.
Just Compensation in Expropriation: How Courts Value Property Beyond BIR Zonal Value
The Supreme Court explains how courts determine just compensation in expropriation cases, clarifying that BIR zonal value is only one factor.
Unlocking Fair Compensation: Supreme Court Guidance on Just Compensation in Land Reform Cases
The Supreme Court clarifies that courts, not administrative agencies, make the final call on just compensation in agrarian reform cases.
Expropriation and Just Compensation: Clarifying Consequential Damages in Philippine Law
The Supreme Court clarifies how road right-of-way is measured in expropriation cases and when consequential damages may be awarded.
Fairness in Land Valuation: Determining Just Compensation in Agrarian Reform
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies how just compensation is determined in agrarian reform cases, balancing landowner rights and agrarian justice.
Understanding Just Compensation in Philippine Expropriation: Landmark Ruling on Interest Rates
The Supreme Court clarifies when legal interest accrues on unpaid just compensation in expropriation cases, citing Republic v. Heirs of Francisco.
Just Compensation in Expropriation: Why Court-Appointed Commissioners Are Mandatory
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies that appointing commissioners to determine just compensation in expropriation cases is mandatory, even under RA 8974.
Just Compensation in Agrarian Reform: Lessons from a Landmark Philippine Case
A Philippine lawyer's suspension highlights the rules on just compensation, finality of judgments, and the limits of DARAB authority.
Understanding Just Compensation in Philippine Agrarian Reform: A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court clarifies how just compensation is computed when agrarian reform payment is delayed for decades, applying current market value.
How the Supreme Court Redefines Just Compensation in Agrarian Reform Cases
The Supreme Court clarifies that courts, not the DAR, have final say on just compensation in agrarian reform cases.
Just Compensation in Agrarian Reform: Lessons from Land Bank v. Hilado
The Supreme Court clarifies when courts may deviate from DAR valuation formulas in agrarian reform just compensation cases.
Just Compensation in CARP Cases: When Courts Must Follow the DAR Formula
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when Special Agrarian Courts may deviate from the DAR valuation formula in determining just compensation under CARP.
Just Compensation Interest Rates and Payment Delays in Agrarian Reform
Learn how the Supreme Court rules on interest for delayed agrarian reform compensation, including the reckoning date and applicable rates.
Just Compensation in Agrarian Reform: Lessons from Land Bank v. Nasser
The Supreme Court clarifies how just compensation is computed for agrarian reform lands, emphasizing the landowner's loss, not the taker's gain.