Practice question
A party offers a spreadsheet but supplies no custodian or qualified witness establishing regular business practice, knowledgeable source or recordkeeping circumstances. Does electronic format alone establish the Rule 8 exception?
- No, the required business-record foundation must be established
- Yes, all spreadsheets are automatically true
- Yes, any file name proves regular practice
- Yes, printing eliminates hearsay
- No, because electronic business records can never be admitted
Legal references
- Rules on Electronic Evidence, A.M. No. 01-7-01-SC, Rule 8 Sections 1–2 and Rule 9 Sections 1–2: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_01-7-01_sc_2001.html
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