Practice question
The court orders a separate bill, and the pleader files it but deliberately withholds a copy from the adverse party. He says filing alone necessarily completes Section3 compliance. Which additional step matters?
- Service of a copy on the adverse party
- Only sending it to a private friend
- Only retaining it in counsel’s safe
- Automatic judicial notice of every sentence
- Only changing the pleading caption
Legal references
- 2019 Civil Procedure Amendments, relevant current Rules9–12: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
- Rules of Court, relevant unchanged provisions of Rules9–12: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
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