EVENTS SPOTLIGHT: See Legisperit in action

The consensus among the bar examinees, academics, and experts was that the 2026 bar examinations were quite tough and challenging. I agree. To me, the reason for the increased difficulty of the recent bar is the comeback of the issue-spotter question and the multi-issue question. Comeback of the issue-spotter In the 2024 and 2025 bar…

Hearsay is an out-of-court statement which is offered for the truth of the fact asserted therein (see Section 37, Rule 130 of the Rules of Court).  Under the hearsay rule, hearsay is not admissible in evidence unless it falls within an exception to the hearsay rule. Basically, there are two ways to overcome a hearsay…

Section 7, Rule 111 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure defines a prejudicial question by providing for its elements: “Section 7. Elements of prejudicial question. – The elements of a prejudicial question are: (a) the previously instituted civil action involves an issue similar or intimately related to the issue raised in the subsequent criminal action,…

A purchaser of registered land taking a certificate of title for value and in good faith shall hold the same free from all encumbrances except those noted in said certificate (Sec. 44, Property Registration Decree). In other words, a prospective buyer needs to examine only the four corners of the certificate of title as he…

The rules governing an appeal from a judgment or final order of the Sandiganbayan are found in Section 7 of P.D. No. 1606, Rule XI of the 2018 Revised Internal Rules of the Sandiganbayan (RIRS), and the Rules of Court. Civil Cases An appeal from a judgment or final order of the Sandiganbayan in a…