Practice question
Distinguish indispensable and necessary parties, and explain why Rule 3’s statement that nonjoinder is not by itself a dismissal ground does not authorize ignoring indispensable joinder.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — Rule 3, sections 2–3, 5, 7–11, 16 and 20, real parties, representatives, joinder and death of a party.
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