Practice question
A pleader deliberately fails to comply with a lawful order for particulars and supplies only the same vague allegations. It argues the court has no procedural response because a bill is merely optional advice. Which is best?
- Every bill order is optional
- Only the adversary may privately strike a pleading
- Noncompliance automatically proves every disputed fact
- Section4 permits the court to strike the affected pleading or portions, or make another just order
- No order may ever address insufficient compliance
Legal references
- Rule12 Section4: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
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