Practice question
An ordinary civil case has no third-party claim, counterclaim or cross-claim. A proposed schedule gives each side 180 calendar days for evidence, treating the six-month rule as a separate entitlement for each party. No special authorization changes the governing schedule. Which is correct?
- Each party has an automatic separate 180-day entitlement
- The plaintiff receives 300 days and the defendant 180 days
- The six-month or 180-calendar-day limit concerns termination of the presentation of evidence in the case, not 180 days for each side
- The rule applies only to criminal prosecutions
- The absence of a counterclaim removes every evidence-presentation limit
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — current Rule 30 sections 1–3 and 5–9, continuous trial, timing, illness postponement, oral offers, agreed facts and evidence reception.
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