Practice question
A claimant invokes a foreign bunkhouse case to avoid examining the applicable POEA contract and CBA. Does Arguilles support that shortcut?
- No; the governing contractual instruments remain central
- Yes; persuasive foreign law displaces the contract
- Yes; every foreign award sets the Philippine amount
- Yes; a textbook creates every CBA term
- Yes; contractual exclusions can never matter
Legal references
- Arguilles v Wilhelmsen GR254586 July10,2023 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/jul2023/gr_254586_2023.html Bunkhouse discussion and governing contract.
- Arriesgado v Multinational Maritime GR275424 April29,2026 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2026/apr2026/gr_275424_2026.html Bunkhouse discussion and ECC Resolution24-12-40.
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