Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo today urged all members of the legal profession to give their full support to the Supreme Court’s Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations 2022-2027 (SPJI), which is the Judiciary’s blueprint for reform. In his keynote...
When the status of the employment is in dispute, the employer bears the burden to prove that the person whose service it pays for is an independent contractor rather than a regular employee with or without fixed terms. Thus ruled the Supreme Court’s Second Division,...
The Supreme Court is conducting the last of its series of Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) on the Proposed Revised Rules of Procedure in Shari’ah Courts beginning today, January 20, until January 22, 2023 in Cotabato City. Organized by the Technical Working...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines (SC) and the Australian government renewed their commitment to continue working together on judicial reform projects to achieve real and tangible results that benefit the people especially the most vulnerable. The commitment was...
After the conduct of successful public consultations nationwide in 2022 and early this year, the Supreme Court is set to hold the fifth and final leg of the Ethics Caravan for the Proposed Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA) on...
