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Aug 30, 2006 contract-law penalty-clauses government-projects presidential-decree-1594 commission-on-audit supreme-court

Breach of Contract: Enforcing Penalty Clauses in Government Projects

Explaining when penalty clauses bind contractors in government projects, based on a Supreme Court ruling on DBP and PD 1594.

Sep 20, 2005 contract-law liquidated-damages penalty-clause civil-code equitable-reduction

Equitable Reduction of Penalties When Courts Can Adjust Contractual Damages in the Philippines

Philippine courts can reduce contractual penalties and liquidated damages when they are unconscionable or when the obligation was partly performed.