Practice question
A procedural proposal is defended solely as producing delay and needless expense, with no legal benefit claimed. Which express design requirement of Section 5(5) is directly implicated?
- Court procedures must always maximize cost.
- Every case must last at least twenty years.
- Rules should provide simplified and inexpensive procedure for speedy disposition of cases.
- Only wealthy litigants may use procedure.
- Procedure must never resolve a case.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VIII, Section 5(5).
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