If the Supreme Court were to formulate a meaningful legal aid program that involves the private sector, it must be one that is continuous and sustainable. This was emphasized by Supreme Court Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa during the second day of the...
The Supreme Court’s Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations 2022- 2027 (SPJI) may only come into fruition if the members of the legal profession, together with the other justice stakeholders, will commit themselves to deliver timely and fair justice. This was...
The Supreme Court, through the SC Court Oversight Committee in the Implementation of the Revised Rule 138-A (Revised Law Student Practice Rule), has collaborated with the Legal Education Board (LEB) in conducting the Philippines’ First Clinical Legal Education Summit...
The Supreme Court kicked off its annual commemoration of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW) on November 21, 2022, at the Supreme Court. Speaking before Court officials and employees, Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo expressed the Court’s full...
The Supreme Court has ruled that omission of past employment is not a just cause to terminate an employment. In a Decision penned by Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting, the Court’s Third Division granted the petition of Nancy Claire Pit Celis to reverse and set aside...
The Supreme Court has reiterated the rule that in petitions for judicial recognition of foreign divorce, one must prove not only the fact of divorce but also the national law of the foreign spouse for the divorce ruling to be legally recognized in the Philippines. In...
