Legal Insights

Plain-language guides and case briefs on Philippine law — researched from the firm's law library of 184,000+ statutes, Supreme Court decisions, and agency issuances, and written so non-lawyers can understand and act on them.

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Mortgages on Land Reform Properties: Balancing Bank Rights and Agrarian Justice

When land reform and bank mortgages collide, who gets the just compensation? The Supreme Court settles the rule.

Writ of Possession in Foreclosure: Bank Rights Prevail Over Third-Party Claims

Learn how the Supreme Court ruled that a writ of possession in extrajudicial foreclosure is ministerial, and third-party claimants must use proper remedies.