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Practice question: Testimonial Privilege

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A proponent seeks an unrelated company’s genuine trade secret merely because competitors would find it useful, and establishes neither concealed fraud nor injustice from nondisclosure. It claims relevance alone invariably defeats Section26. Which is correct?
  1. Every relevant trade secret must be publicly disclosed
  2. Relevance alone does not establish the stated exception to compulsion
  3. Commercial curiosity is automatically injustice
  4. The privilege covers only criminal cases
  5. Only the company’s size matters

Legal references

  • A.M.19-08-15-SC, current Rule130 Sections25–36,51–53 and Rule128 Sections3–4: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html

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