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Practice question: Applicability of Procedural Laws to Pending Actions

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does a litigant ordinarily have a vested right in an unchanged form of court procedure?
  1. Yes, every filing freezes procedure permanently
  2. No
  3. Yes, every procedural expectation is substantive property
  4. Yes, if counsel prefers the earlier form
  5. Yes, if the old rule was simpler

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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