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Civil Law
Julio is the owner of a two-hectare farmland along the Agos River that flows into the Pacific...
Legal Issue: Ownership of an Island Formed by a River Branching Into Two Summary
Read full case brief → Civil LawJohn and Joyce are college sweethearts. They have a three-year old non- marital son, Jacob....
Legal Issue: Right of Joyce to Occupy the Condominium Unit Despite Cancellation of Engagement Summary of the Legal Issue
Read full case brief → Civil LawConnie is the registered owner of a 20-hectare parcel of land in Batangas City. In 2020, Connie...
Legal Analysis: ABC Realty Inc.'s Claim for Compensation from the Assurance Fund Summary of the Legal Issue
Read full case brief → Civil LawOn January 5, 2025, brothers Tony and Jojo entered into a contract of sale with Ricky, where...
Legal Analysis: Action for Damages Against Tony and Jojo I. SUMMARY OF THE LEGAL ISSUE
Read full case brief → Civil LawInna is the owner of a particular vacant commercial lot in San Fernando, La Union. On January...
Legal Analysis: Validity and Enforceability of an Oral Lease of Real Property Summary
Read full case brief → Civil LawOn January 1, 2025, Marie purchased from Toyota Alabang, Inc. (Toyota) a 2025 Toyota Camry for...
Legal Analysis: Deficiency Judgment After Judicial Sale of Mortgaged Chattel I. Summary of the Legal Issue
Read full case brief → Civil LawOn January 1, 2026, Martha and Lazarus entered into a contract of sale, where Martha bound...
Legal Analysis: Validity of the Contract of Sale and Moses's Defenses Summary of the Legal Issue
Read full case brief → Civil LawTroy owns a parcel of commercial land situated in R. Magsaysay Avenue, Davao City. On January...
Legal Analysis: Reimbursement Claim of Lessee-Builder vs. Landowner I. Summary of the Legal Issue
Read full case brief → Civil LawManny was drinking from a bottle of soda that had been served to him at a restaurant when he...
Legal Analysis: Product Liability for Foreign Object in Beverage I. Summary of Legal Issue
Read full case brief → Civil LawMark was inside his condominium unit when his cousin Joma barged in and confronted him about a...
Legal Analysis: Mark's Potential Liability for the Pedestrian's Injuries I. Summary of the Legal Issue
Read full case brief → Civil LawBeth executed a will where she gave a condominium unit to her ward Eman, subject to the...
Legal Analysis: Succession with Conditional Bequest and Usufruct I. Summary of the Legal Issue
Read full case brief → Civil LawOn June 6, 2011, the ship that Cesar boarded going to Guam sank in the Pacific Ocean due to a...
Summary The legal issue is determining who among the surviving relatives is entitled to inherit from the intestate estate of Cesar, who has been missing for more than four (4) years following a shipwreck in the Pacific Ocean.
Read full case brief → Civil LawGeorge instituted in his will, his two legitimate daughters, Ann and Juliene, and his friend...
LEGAL ISSUE Whether Juliene's repudiation of her inheritance causes her share to accrete to the remaining instituted heirs, and what the resulting distribution should be among Ann, Juliene, and Gary from George's PHP 360 million estate.
Read full case brief →Labor Law
On January 5, 2026, First Vault Bank (Bank) hired Mabel as a probationary teller. At the time...
Legal Analysis: Validity of Extending a Probationary Period Beyond Six (6) Months Summary of the Legal Issue
Read full case brief → Labor LawChristopher was engaged by Power Corporation as a probationary legal manager for six months....
Legal Issue The question is whether the termination of Christopher, a probationary employee, was lawful given that the standards for regularization were not communicated to him at the start of his engagement, and whether he is entitled to…
Read full case brief → Labor LawPrestige Hotel leased premises belonging to Major Corporation. However, Prestige Hotel reneged...
Labor Law Opinion on Employee Absorption Claim I. Summary of the Legal Issue
Read full case brief → Labor LawPayNow Solutions, Inc., a FinTech company based in Taguig City providing digital payment and...
Analysis of Two Labor Law Questions Under Philippine Law ---
Read full case brief → Labor LawPop Fizz Company (Pop Fizz) manufactures, sells, and distributes soft drinks nationwide. It...
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Read full case brief → Labor LawDuring the Certification Election among rank-and-file employees of Sage Corporation, the...
Legal Issue: Exclusion of Confidential Employees in a Certification Election Summary The issue concerns whether Ara, Bella, and Charlie should be excluded as confidential employees from the rank-and-file bargaining unit participating in…
Read full case brief → Labor LawSIS Employees and Workers Union (SIS-EWU) is the exclusive bargaining representative of the...
Legal Analysis: Termination Based on Union Expulsion During Pendency of Appeal Summary
Read full case brief → Labor LawKarene worked as a cashier at Silver Supermarket. During a routine check implemented by the...
Preventive Suspension in Labor Law: The Silver Supermarket Case Summary of the Legal Issue
Read full case brief → Labor LawFJD Publishing Company (FJD) is engaged in the publication of books used in basic education....
LEGAL ANALYSIS: VALIDITY OF TERMINATION DUE TO AI-INDUCED REDUNDANCY I. SUMMARY OF THE LEGAL ISSUE
Read full case brief → Labor LawElsa worked as a supervisor in a restaurant. She had a heated argument with her manager, which...
Legal Issue: Computation of Backwages for an Employee Illegally Dismissed at Pre-Retirement Age Summary
Read full case brief → Labor LawChristian Construction Company (CCC) hired Dante as a construction worker at High Towers, one...
Legal Issue Whether Angel, Dante's widow, may still file a civil action for damages against Christian Construction Company (CCC) under the Civil Code, after receiving death benefits from the SSS State Insurance Fund under the Labor Code…
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