Practice question
A valid accepted agreement makes employment dependent on a specified pre-employment assessment. The applicant is ready to complete it, but the employer voluntarily cancels the assessment solely to prevent the condition from being fulfilled and then invokes its nonfulfillment. Assuming those facts are proved, which Civil Code principle identified in Aragones is most relevant?
- Every condition is automatically invalid
- A condition is deemed fulfilled when the obligor voluntarily prevents its fulfillment
- The applicant must accept the employer’s prevention as proof of failure
- A suspensive condition gives the employer unlimited power to sabotage performance
- Only a completed salary payment can establish constructive fulfillment
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/apr2025/gr_251736_2025.html — Aragones v. Alltech Biotechnology Corporation, GR 251736, April 2, 2025, main decision; conditions, periods, accepted offers, and Civil Code Article 1186.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/aug2016/gr_220399_2016.html — Sagun v. ANZ Global Services and Operations (Manila), Inc., GR 220399, August 22, 2016, main ruling; perfected contract and unfulfilled background-check condition.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, Articles 1181, 1186, 1193, and 1318–1319.
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