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Practice question: Privileges

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Assume an applicable inbound Convention request. A witness has an established privilege covering one requested category and no privilege for the remaining categories. Explain how Section 33's scope qualification bears on the witness's blanket refusal.

Legal references

  • A.M. No. 25-02-17-SC, Sections 1, 2(s), 11, 32–33; Convention applicability assumed only when in force between the relevant States: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/98634

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