Practice question
A party claims a vested substantive entitlement to the continued use of an earlier procedural vehicle solely because it selected that vehicle before an amendment. No express exclusion, impaired substantive right or due-process difficulty exists. Is selection alone enough?
- No, it does not create a vested right to unchanged procedure
- Yes, selecting a form makes it substantive property
- Yes, counsel can prohibit later procedural rules
- Yes, every procedural disadvantage violates vested rights
- Yes, all new procedure is a penal increase
Legal references
- Cabarios v. People, GR228097-103 and228139-41, September29,2021, application of2018 Sandiganbayan rules: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/sep2021/gr_228097-103_2021.html
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