Practice question
Counsel seeks postponement because of illness. What must the affidavit or sworn certification show under current Rule 30 section 3?
- Only that counsel prefers another date
- Only that a relative once visited a clinic
- That every illness necessarily invalidates the case
- That counsel’s presence is indispensable and the illness makes nonattendance excusable
- That the opponent consents to lose the case
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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