Practice question
A party requests a material admission, receives an unjustified sworn denial, and later proves the fact. The denial had no good reason and the matter was substantially important. Which Rule 29 remedy is available?
- Application for reasonable expenses of proving the fact, including attorney’s fees.
- Automatic imprisonment solely on the opponent’s private request.
- A mandatory award of every unrelated loss in the world.
- No expense remedy under any circumstances.
- A private order conclusively fixing punishment without court action.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rules 25-29, interrogatories, admissions, production and physical examination; retained text read with current amendments: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rules 23-34, particularly the current provisions cited in each explanation: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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