Practice question
Before scheduled JDR, parties file the prescribed joint written manifestation requesting the original judge to conduct it despite possible confidential disclosures. JDR fails. They then insist the manifestation necessarily required a different judge for trial. What condition in the Guidelines matters?
- The prescribed request is subject to the original judge continuing with the case if JDR fails
- The request automatically disqualifies the judge
- Every JDR judge must dismiss the case
- Only the mediator may decide the merits
- The manifestation itself settles the dispute
Legal references
- 2020 CAM/JDR Guidelines effective March1,2021 Ch2C Sections2–9 and D Sections1–3, printed pages1668–1671: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf
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