Acting Chief Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen speaks before Supreme Court officials on the second day of the Operational Process Management workshop at the Supreme Court Training Center on June 7, 2023. (Courtesy of the Supreme Court Public Information Office) The Supreme...
While Title II, Book IV of the Labor Code on Employees Compensation and State Insurance Fund has already superseded Article 1711 of the Civil Code, heirs of injured or deceased workers still have a choice of remedy between filing a compensation claim...
“When a foreign court renders a judgment imposing disciplinary penalty against a Filipino lawyer admitted in its jurisdiction, such Filipino lawyer may be imposed a similar judgment in the Philippines provided that the basis of the foreign court’s judgment includes...
Just as in life, a professional career cannot start at the apex. One has to crawl his way-up, bearing the pains, celebrating small triumphs, and absorbing the failures. Man grows not out of happiness and success but of rising above every time he stumbles. So as...
The Supreme Court has ruled that photos and messages obtained by private individuals from a Facebook messenger account are admissible as evidence in court. In a 31-page decision penned by Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez, the Court sustained the conviction of the petitioner,...
