Barangay Conciliation (RA 7160, Secs. 408–412)

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1. Prior barangay conciliation, when legally required, is generally what kind of requirement?
2. Which dispute is expressly excluded by Section408 because of a party’s identity?
3. For a covered dispute between actual residents of the same barangay, where is barangay conciliation ordinarily brought?
4. A public officer is sued over conduct relating to official functions. A party insists Section408 automatically requires…
5. A covered dispute urgently calls for habeas corpus because a person has been deprived of liberty. Must the claimant nec…
6. Two actual residents of one municipality have an otherwise covered private dispute. They skip required conciliation, an…
7. A private dispute falls within Section408, but the court action is genuinely coupled with an appropriate provisional re…
8. Distinguish barangay conciliation as a condition precedent from subject-matter jurisdiction.
9. An employee’s official-function dispute and a private unrelated debt are both said to be excluded merely because the de…
10. Identify two Section412(b) situations allowing direct court resort and explain why the exception does not decide the me…
11. For a covered dispute between residents of different barangays in one municipality, where does Section409(b) ordinarily…
12. When must objections to barangay venue be raised to avoid the statutory waiver?