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Practice question: Construction of Procedural Rules

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Practice question

What must support a plea for procedural liberality under Viva Shipping Lines?
  1. Only a slogan invoking justice.
  2. Only the opposing party's wealth.
  3. A clear factual basis and a rational, well-grounded justification.
  4. Only a promise to win the case.
  5. Only the litigant's preference.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 1, Section 6.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr_177382_2016.html — Viva Shipping Lines v. Keppel, G.R. 177382, February 17, 2016, main opinion, Parts II–IV.

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