‘Face-to-face trial may speed up cases’
By Ador Vincent MayolTo declog court dockets and speed up civil cases that can take three to eight years to resolve, the Supreme Court (SC) is proposing changes in the Rules of Civil Procedure.
To declog court dockets and speed up civil cases that can take three to eight years to resolve, the Supreme Court (SC) is proposing changes in the Rules of Civil Procedure.
THE Supreme Court (SC) dismissed four Cebu City judges and several court administrative personnel charged of involvement in civil marriage solemnization rackets and irregularities.
The Supreme Court (SC) ordered the 30-day suspension of a clerk of court in Cebu City for engaging in a heated argument with a lawyer whose pleading he refused to accept. Reynaldo Teves, clerk of court of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 4, was also admonished that a repetition of the same or [...]
Cebu will be a pilot area for new court rules that aim to reduce lengthy trials to as short as two days, instead of three to five years or longer.
Representative Neil Tupas, chief House prosecutor in the impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Renato Corona, tells Radyo Inquirer 990AM in an interview that they have more evidence to pin down Corona.
THE government should impose a timetable in its peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), San Juan City Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito said.
Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia is seeking the dismissal of charges against her in relation to the purchase of the 24.7-hectare Balili property in Naga City. The motion was filed by her daughter and lawyer Ma. Esperanza Christina Codilla-Frasco, who cited procedural lapses in the complaint. Frasco, a new Capitol consultant, cited two grounds. She said [...]
