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Marijuana Cultivation and Chain of Custody: Key Lessons from a 2024 Supreme Court Ruling
A 2024 Supreme Court ruling clarifies what counts as marijuana cultivation and why broken chain of custody leads to acquittal.
Unlawful Arrest and the Exclusionary Rule: Protecting Rights Against Illegal Marijuana Seizure
Supreme Court acquits in marijuana cultivation case, ruling that evidence from an unlawful warrantless arrest is inadmissible.
Tenant Rights and Landowner Consent: Establishing Agricultural Tenancy in the Philippines
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies that landowner consent is essential to establish agricultural tenancy; mere cultivation does not create tenant rights.
Homestead Rights vs Agrarian Reform: Continued Cultivation Is Key
Supreme Court clarifies that heirs of homestead grantees must personally cultivate the land to exempt it from CARP coverage under Section 6 of RA 6657.
Cultivation vs Tenancy: Consent and Harvest Sharing in Agricultural Land Redemption
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies that mere cultivation does not create tenancy; landowner consent and harvest sharing must be proven for redemption rights.
Tenant Rights Under Scrutiny: Consent and Proof in Agricultural Land Disputes
The Supreme Court clarifies that occupation and cultivation alone do not create a tenancy relationship, requiring proof of landowner consent and harvest sharing.
Cultivation and Compliance: Land Ownership Under Agrarian Reform
The Supreme Court clarifies that a Certificate of Land Transfer confers only an inchoate right—full ownership requires compliance with agrarian reform conditions.
Tenancy Rights: Proving Landowner Consent and Harvest Sharing in Agrarian Disputes
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies that tenancy requires landowner consent and harvest sharing, not just cultivation. Learn the legal elements.
Abandonment in Agricultural Tenancy: When Hiring Help Costs Cultivation Rights
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on when a tenant's surrender of cultivation to another amounts to abandonment and loss of tenancy rights.
Proving Agricultural Tenancy Claims: Lessons from De Jesus v. Moldex Realty
The Supreme Court explains the six elements of agricultural tenancy and why mere cultivation does not make one a tenant.
Abandonment of Tenancy Affirming Land Rights Based on Continuous Cultivation
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies that continuous cultivation and possession can establish land rights, even without formal title.
Emancipation Patent Cancellation: Land Cultivation and Tenant Rights Under Agrarian Reform
Supreme Court ruling on when an emancipation patent can be cancelled for violating agrarian reform rules on personal cultivation and tenancy.
Defining Agricultural Tenancy: Personal Cultivation and Harvest Sharing in Land Disputes
The Supreme Court clarifies when a civil lease becomes agricultural tenancy, requiring personal cultivation and harvest sharing.
Cultivation Counts Upholding Land Rights in Agrarian Disputes
The Supreme Court ruled that personal cultivation is essential to establish agricultural leasehold rights, affirming that mere possession or documents do not suffice.
Personal Cultivation Requirement in Agrarian Reform: Palele v. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court ruling on the personal cultivation requirement for agrarian reform beneficiaries and why mere payment does not vest ownership.
Tenancy Rights: Landowner Consent Is Paramount in Agricultural Leases
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies that tenancy requires landowner consent; possession and cultivation alone do not create agricultural leasehold rights.