Practice question
A permitted motion seeks reconsideration of an ordinary final judgment, not reconsideration of action on affirmative defenses. The opponent says Section 12(c) prohibits every conceivable reconsideration motion. Which is sound?
- Every reconsideration motion is prohibited under all rules.
- Section 12(c)’s specific affirmative-defense prohibition must not be rewritten as a universal ban.
- Section 5 lists no reconsideration motion.
- A judgment can never be subject to any authorized reconsideration.
- The challenged ruling’s nature is irrelevant.
Legal references
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rules 8, 11, 14 Section 23 and 15, as relevant to each stated issue: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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