Sadsad Tamesis Legal & Accountacy Firm

Jurisprudence

Can repeated threatening and humiliating text messages constitute psychological violence under R.A. No. 9262? | G.R. No. 276927

In this case, a man repeatedly sent threatening, degrading, and humiliating text messages to his former partner after learning that she was involved with another man. He threatened to expose intimate...

Case Digest,Jurisprudence

Can an extrajudicial settlement excluding compulsory heirs still be partially valid? | G.R. No. 258887

Case Digest,Jurisprudence

In this case, the children from a deceased wife’s first marriage discovered that their father and his second family executed an extrajudicial settlement transferring the entirety of conjugal...

Case Digest,Jurisprudence

Is a DOLE Certificate of Registration conclusive proof that a manpower provider is a legitimate independent contractor? | G.R. No. 221043

Case Digest,Jurisprudence

In this case, production operators assigned to an electronics company were told they would be absorbed as regular employees if they passed an exam. When they failed, their services were terminated...

Case Digest,Jurisprudence

Can the BIR rely on defective waivers to extend its prescriptive period for tax assessments? | G.R. No. 249241-42

Case Digest,Jurisprudence

In this case, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued a final tax deficiency assessment against a corporation based on two executed waivers meant to extend the legal prescriptive period. The...

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Does Article 148 of the Family Code apply to property acquired by same-sex couples? | G.R. No. 267469

Case Digest,Jurisprudence

In this landmark case, a same-sex couple purchased a house and lot, registering it solely under one partner's name for bank convenience. Upon separating, the registered partner executed an...

Case Digest,Jurisprudence

Can a trial court dismiss a probate petition on its own initiative due to improper venue? | G.R. No. 216107

Case Digest,Jurisprudence

In this case, a trial court motu proprio (on its own initiative) dismissed a petition for the probate of a will because the decedent allegedly resided in a different city at the time of death. The...

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Can a person who was acquitted in the RTC claim compensation under Sec. 3(a) of R.A. No. 7309? | G.R. No. 256116

Case Digest,Jurisprudence

In this case, an individual was arrested, detained for two years for non-bailable offenses, and later acquitted after the prosecution failed to identify him. Following his release, he filed a claim...

When Does a Doctor Become Liable for Medical Negligence? PHOTO: gorodenkoff/GETTY IMAGES

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When Does a Doctor Become Liable for Medical Negligence? | G.R. No. 268308

Case Digest,Jurisprudence

Medical malpractice is a particular form of negligence that consists in the failure of a physician or surgeon to apply to his practice of medicine that degree of care and skill which is ordinarily...

Does Failure to Disclose Past Employment Justify Dismissal? PHOTO: Joey Kelly

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Does Failure to Disclose Past Employment Justify Dismissal? | G.R. No. 250776

Case Digest,Jurisprudence

An employee's omission of past employment in a job application does not automatically constitute just cause for dismissal, particularly when the omission does not involve an overt act of dishonesty...

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