CIVIL LAW NOTE: Although the questions, as framed, do not require reasons for the “True or False” Answers, proper explanations are herein provided to aid in the evaluation of the answers of the examinees. I True or False. Under Article 26 of the Family Code, when a foreign spouse divorces his/her Filipino spouse, the latter… Read More Bar Exam 2010 Questions and Suggested Answers in CIVIL LAW by the UP Law Center
PART I TRUE OR FALSE. Explain your answer briefly. Deeds of release, waivers and quitclaims are always valid and binding. (2%) SUGGESTED ANSWER: FALSE. Deeds of release, waivers and quitclaims are not always valid and binding. An agreement is valid and binding only if : (a) the parties understand the terms and conditions of… Read More Bar Exam 2010 Suggested Answers in Labor and Social Legislation by the UP Law Center
Author: Associate Solicitor. Emile Justin D. Cebrian http://www.pinayjurist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/01-Remedial-Law-Preliminaries.pdf
PART I I The dictatorial regime of President A of the Republic of Gordon was toppled by a combined force led by Gen. Abe, former royal guards and the secessionist Gordon People’s Army. The new government constituted a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to look into the serious crimes committed under President A’s regime. After the… Read More 2010 Bar Exam Questions and Suggested Answers in POLITICAL LAW by the UP Law Center
CANDELARIA vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES G.R. No. 209386 December 8, 2014 FACTS: Viron Transit Corporation ordered 14,000 liters of diesel fuel from Unioil, a company owned by private complainant Lao. Petitioner Mel Carpizo Candelaria, a truck driver employed by Lao, was dispatched to deliver the diesel fuel in Laon Laan, Manila. However, in… Read More Qualified Theft
RESUENA v. CA G.R. No. 128338. March 28, 2005 FACTS: Juanito Borromeo, Sr. (respondent), is the co-owner and overseer of certain parcels of land located in Talisay, Cebu and owns six-eighths (6/8) of Lot No. 2587 while the late spouses Bascon own two-eights (2/8) thereof. Lot No. 2592 is owned in common by respondent… Read More Possession
Relevant provisions and Case digests Art. 804. Every will must be in writing and executed in a language or dialect known to the testator. Art. 810. A person may execute a holographic will which must be entirely written, dated, and signed by the hand of the testator himself. It is subject to no other form,… Read More Succession- Preterition, Holographic Will
TAKENAKA CORPORATION-PHILIPPINE BRANCH v. CIR G.R. No. 193321, October 19, 2016 FACTS: Respondent Takenaka, as a subcontractor, entered into an On-Shore Construction Contract with Philippine Air Terminal Co., Inc. (PIATCO) for the purpose of constructing the NAIA Terminal 3. PIATCO is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Philippines and… Read More VAT – Taxation
FACTS: Silvestre Romana, wife of Domingo Joaquin, cohabited with co-defendant Martin Atienza in the barrio of Masocol, municipality of Paombong, Bulacan. Domingo Joaquin filed a complaint for adultery. The two acused begged the municipal president of Paombong to to urge Domingo to withdraw the complaint. They promised to discontinue cohabitation, and not to live again… Read More People v. Silvestre and Atienza G.R. No. L-35748 December 14, 1931 Conspiracy to Commit Arson
Gervasia de la Rosa, Vda. de Vera, was the lessee of a parcel of land in Manila and owner of the house of strong materials built thereon. She executed a document in the form of a chattel mortgage, purporting to convey to the petitioner by way of mortgage both the leasehold interest in said lot… Read More Standard Oil Company v. Jaramillo G.R. No. L-20329 March 16, 1923 Property, Chattel Mortgage
