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Pledged Shares and Lost Chances: No Right of Redemption in Philippine Pledge Law
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies that pledged personal property, including shares of stock, has no right of redemption after extrajudicial foreclosure.
Forum Shopping One Bite at the Apple in Philippine Courts
Learn how the Supreme Court barred a co-owner's legal redemption claim for being filed seven years after actual knowledge of the sale, applying laches and the relaxed written notice rule.
Default Judgments and Proper Appeals: Navigating Procedural Errors in Philippine Law
Learn how the Supreme Court treats default judgments, appeal errors, and legal redemption deadlines in Philippine civil procedure.
Co-Owner Redemption Rights: When Actual Knowledge Overrides Written Notice
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on legal redemption rights of co-owners, actual knowledge vs written notice, and laches in property sales.
Tenant Rights in the Philippines: Proving Agricultural Tenancy and Its Implications
Learn how Philippine courts determine agricultural tenancy, tenant rights to redemption, and what a Certificate of Land Transfer means for landowners and lessees.
Tenant's Right of Redemption Under Philippine Agrarian Reform: Key Lessons from Planters Development Bank v. G
Understand the tenant's right of redemption under Philippine agrarian law through the Supreme Court's ruling in Planters Development Bank v. Garcia.
Legal Redemption of Small Urban Lots: When Neighbors Can Buy
Explain the Supreme Court's ruling on legal redemption under Article 1622, including the four elements a neighbor must prove.
Urban Land Redemption Size Speculation and Neighborly Rights in Property Disputes
The Supreme Court clarifies when homeowners associations can sue, the limits of mandamus, and the rules on urban land disposition.
Redemption Rights Upholding Timeliness IN Foreclosure Cases
Learn how the Supreme Court enforced strict deadlines for property redemption after extrajudicial foreclosure, and why timing matters.
Quieting of Title After the Redemption Period: What Calacala v. Republic Teaches Property Owners
The Supreme Court in Calacala v. Republic ruled that failure to redeem within one year vests ownership in the auction buyer, defeating a later quieting of title suit.
Equitable Interest When Mortgage Rates Clash With Legal Limits in the Philippines
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on redemption rights, mortgage rates, and legal limits in Banco Filipino case.
Redemption Rights Strict Compliance AND THE Limits OF Repurchase Agreements After Foreclosure
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on strict compliance with statutory redemption periods and limits of repurchase agreements after foreclosure.
Redemption Rights Clarifying Property Disputes AND Legal Standing IN Philippine LAW
Conditional Sales of Land: Upholding Contractual Obligations in Real Estate Transactions
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on foreclosure, redemption rights, and the consequences of failing to prosecute a case for injunction.
Mortgage Foreclosure and the Court's Ministerial Duty: Zarate v. Maybank
Learn how the Supreme Court ruled on dismissal for failure to prosecute in a mortgage foreclosure redemption case.
Tenant's Right of Redemption: Protecting Farmers When Land Is Sold Without Notice
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on agricultural lessees' right to redeem land sold without notice under RA 3844.
Writ of Possession Not Barred by Pending Annulment of Foreclosure Case
A pending annulment of foreclosure case does not stop a bank from getting a writ of possession after the redemption period lapses.
Redemption vs. Repurchase: Property Rights After Foreclosure in the Philippines
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies the crucial difference between redemption and repurchase of foreclosed property, and why timing matters.
Minors' Contracts Valid Until Annulled: Land Retention Rights Affirmed in Agrarian Case
Supreme Court rules minors' redemption of land is voidable, not void, affirming retention rights under agrarian reform law.
Upholding Tenants Redemption Rights Darab Jurisdiction Over Agricultural Land Sales
A Supreme Court ruling on the finality of judgments clarifies when appeals in forcible entry cases must be filed and why late petitions cannot revive a case.
Tenant Redemption Rights and Land Bank Certification Requirements
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on when a Land Bank certification suffices for tenant redemption under R.A. 3844, and when it fails.
Protecting Property Rights: The Absolute Right to Possess Foreclosed Property After Redemption Period
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on property rights, redemption, and the right to possess foreclosed property after the redemption period.
Right of Legal Redemption: Written Notice Is Mandatory for Adjoining Rural Landowners
Supreme Court rules written notice under Article 1623 is mandatory for legal redemption by adjoining rural landowners, not just a formality.
Equitable Mortgages Have No Redemption Right in Judicial Foreclosure for Private Mortgagees
In a judicial foreclosure of an equitable mortgage by a private lender, the mortgagor has no right of redemption after confirmation of sale.