Practice question
Counsel seeks postponement merely to attend a preferred private seminar. No act of God, force majeure or physical inability of a witness is shown, and the request is intended for delay. Which is sound?
- Any professional preference necessarily is force majeure.
- Every seminar creates a mandatory right to postponement.
- The opposing party’s time is legally irrelevant.
- A receipt alone proves the missing exceptional ground.
- The stated facts do not supply Section 12(f)’s exceptions.
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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