Practice question
A new procedural rule expressly applies to pending cases. It changes filing mechanics without impairing vested substantive rights or creating injustice, and no other exception applies. Does the fact that the case began earlier alone prevent application?
- No; the qualified procedural-retroactivity principle permits application on these facts
- Yes, no new procedure can ever apply
- Yes, every litigant has a vested right in every old filing form
- Yes, procedural rules are always substantive
- Yes, only the losing party may decide
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles3–5,7,1334 and1409–1410: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- People v. Lastimosa, GR265758, February3 2025, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/feb2025/gr_265758_2025.html
- Nedira v. NJ World, GR240005, December6 2022, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/dec2022/gr_240005_2022.html
- 1987 Constitution, ArticleIII Sections1 and10: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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