The Liability of a Person who tries to Commit Suicide, Fails and Kills Someone else

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Atty. Fred| 1 Comment

Life is truly more strange than fiction. A member of the phBar community who goes by the name xyckriz brought a very interesting true story to the community’s attention: “A man believed to be suffering from a mental illness jumped off the first Mandaue-Mactan Bridge Wednesday night in an attempt to end his life. He survived the 50-feet jump, but ended up killing a fisherman instead. He landed on the fisherman who had just emerged from the sea.” (As reported in SunStar Cebu). Read more »

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Grounds for the Annulment of Marriage

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

It feels weird to be writing in more detail about annulment because, come to think of it, we should be writing more on how to save the marriage. Still, we cannot avoid discussing the matter because we deal with it on a daily basis at work and, besides, this is what the law provides. Spouses who are confronted with this reality should have a basic information on the grounds for annulment. Read more »

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What’s this legal animal called AMLA?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

The public is glued to their TV sets, following the blow-by-blow coverage of the impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Renato Corona in the Senate. The proceedings being legal in nature, new terms and concepts are being thrown around like pancakes. Recently, it’s the AMLA. Read more »

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Majority Do Not Approve of Legalizing Same-Sex or Gay Marriage

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

We conducted an informal poll, asking readers if they support same-sex or gay marriage in the Philippines. By the time we closed it last year, 60% of the votes does NOT favor same-sex marriage. Now that the issue has again gained international attention with the campaign statement of US President Barack Obama that he favors same-sex marriage, we are reopening the poll. Read more »

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Length of Time when Husband and Wife are Separated Does not Automatically Nullify Marriage

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

Experience makes you, well, really old. It also makes you realize a couple of things — like people asking a question that was asked and answered before. It’s human nature, I guess, and it would be ok if we have all the time in the world to sift through questions (again, sorry if I rarely reply to questions). We recently received this query: “Can a married man re-marry after 10 yrs. separation?” You helpful folks out there must have noticed that this question, and shades thereof, had been asked so many times before. This is tackled in our previous discussion: Read more »

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Holiday Pay of Monthly-paid Employee Working Abroad

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Atty. Fred| 1 Comment

Dealing with a single-layer question simply requires spilling out what you know. The challenge to a lawyer, or any person for that matter, is untangling the layers of issues to come up with an answer. This labor question we received illustrates that point. Read more »

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Absolute Community of Property deemed Co-Owned?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Atty. Fred| 4 Comments

We received an email from “ROYAL” regarding absolute community of property (ACP), currently the default property relation between husband and wife in a marriage. The email goes like this: Read more »

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Receivership of Export and Industry Bank (EIB)

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

The Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced that the Monetary Board, through MB Board Resolution No. 686 dated 26 April 2012, placed the Export and Industry Bank, Inc. (EIB) under receivership on 26 April 2012. Read more »

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Bloody Paranaque demolition, Lina Law and Anti-Squatting Law

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Atty. Fred| 1 Comment

We’ve heard the Lina Law mentioned in the same breath as the bloody demolition in Parañaque City. One is confirmed dead and many injured as residents assault the incoming police column spearheading the demolition in the Silverio Compound. Read more »

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Legal Wiki Project: New entries on Principal, Accomplice and Accessory

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

The liability of persons who commit a criminal offense depends on a number of factors. The primary determinant is the degree of participation, whether as a principal, accomplice or accessory. Read more »

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