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Pre-Trial Stipulations and Signature Authentication: Heirs of Salud v. Rural Bank of Salinas
A 2016 Supreme Court ruling clarifies when pre-trial stipulations bind parties and how courts weigh handwriting expert findings against direct testimony.
Handwriting Analysis and Election Disputes: Protecting the Sanctity of the Ballot
The Supreme Court clarifies when handwriting analysis may invalidate ballots in election protests, stressing that no two persons write alike.
Protecting the Right to Vote: Why Philippine Courts Scrutinize Ballot Invalidations Based on Handwriting
The Supreme Court reminds election tribunals that ballots presumed valid cannot be invalidated as "written by one person" without checking assisted-voting records.
Handwriting Analysis and Contract Validity: Proving Genuineness Under Philippine Law
How Philippine courts weigh handwriting evidence in contract disputes, and why expert reports alone do not decide the validity of a deed.
Questioned Signatures and Church Property: Forgery Must Be Proven, Not Presumed
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on forgery of signatures in a 1936 deed of sale involving church property, and the rules on handwriting evidence.