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Practice question: Filing and Service (Rules 13 and 13-A, as amended; AM 10-3-7-SC, 11-9-4-SC, 25-01-13-SC, and 25-09-16-SC)

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

In a covered Rule13-A trial-court case, is failure to check counsel’s email-of-record inbox accepted as a general excuse?
  1. No; Section7(g) requires regular diligent monitoring
  2. Yes; counsel need never check it
  3. Yes; only paper messages matter
  4. Yes; every unread message is void
  5. Yes; a clerk must telephone for every email

Legal references

  • Rule13-A Sections7–10 November26,2024: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/99055
  • AM25-09-16-SC, separate Supreme Court platform regime: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/99969

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