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.
Indispensable Parties in Partition Suits: Ensuring Complete Justice
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies who must be joined in partition actions and why dismissal is the wrong remedy for non-joinder.
Indispensable Parties in Philippine Litigation: Ensuring Complete Justice
Learn how the indispensable party rule ensures complete justice in Philippine litigation, and why courts require all necessary parties to be joined.
Sep 5, 1997criminal procedureprobable causewithdrawal of informationsecretary of justicecrespo vs moguljudicial discretion
The Perils of Sin Perjuicio Judgments: Ensuring Timely and Complete Justice in the Philippines
Philippine courts must independently assess prosecutorial motions to withdraw information, balancing judicial discretion with the Secretary of Justice's review powers.