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Nov 10, 2021 agrarian reform immutability of judgment cloa carp supervening event land dispute

Upholding Agrarian Reform: Supervening CLOA Justifies Deviation from Immutability of Judgment

When a final judgment becomes inequitable due to a supervening event like a CLOA issuance, courts may relax the doctrine of immutability of judgment.

Apr 25, 2017 property-law accion-publiciana recovery-of-possession default-order substantive-rights land-ownership

Upholding Land Ownership: Technicalities Yield to Substantive Rights in Property Disputes

SC rules procedural lapses cannot defeat a registered owner's right to recover property from tolerated occupants.