Practice question
A party argues that the voluntary arbitrator’s ten-day finality language means there can never be Rule43 review after a timely reconsideration motion is resolved. Which is best?
- Finality language always abolishes review
- Rule43 applies only to tax cases
- The arbitrator replaces every appellate court
- Only the employer can seek review
- Guagua harmonizes the periods: reconsideration within ten days, followed by the Rule43 petition within fifteen days from notice of its resolution
Legal references
- Guagua National Colleges v.CA, GR188492, August28,2018: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2018/aug2018/gr_188492_2018.html
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