Practice question
Under Rule 27, does a production order reach privileged material merely because an opponent wants to inspect it?
- No.
- Yes; discovery automatically eliminates every privilege.
- Yes; a motion conclusively waives the opponent’s privilege.
- Yes; possession alone makes all papers public.
- Yes; every private communication must be disclosed without analysis.
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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