Practice question
A would-be buyer has only a hope of negotiating a purchase next year and no existing right affected by the judgment. He claims every potential future commercial opportunity is sufficient legal interest for intervention. Which distinction matters?
- A merely speculative future opportunity is different from the required direct legal interest
- Every commercial hope is automatically enough
- Friendship with a party is conclusive
- The applicant may manufacture legal interest by preference
- Any possible profit requires admission
Legal references
- 2019 Civil Procedure Amendments relevant Rules19–22: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
- Rules of Court retained relevant Rules19–22: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
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