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Feb 24, 2025 civil-law commission-on-audit finality-of-judgments disallowance government-audit supreme-court

Finality of Judgments: COA Cannot Reverse Absolved Parties' Liability

The Supreme Court rules that the COA cannot reverse a final decision absolving employee-recipients from refunding disallowed benefits, reinforcing finality principles.

Jun 20, 2018 labor-law illegal-dismissal backwages separation-pay finality-of-judgment supervening-events

Finality of Judgment vs Supervening Events: Computing Backwages and Separation Pay in Illegal Dismissal Cases

Learn how Philippine courts compute backwages and separation pay when reinstatement becomes impossible due to supervening events after judgment finality.