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Practice question: Adherence of Jurisdiction

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Practice question

Counsel quotes a remedial-protection passage concerning planholders’ trust funds and assumes it necessarily settles which tribunal retains a pending case. Which analytical step is missing?
  1. Let the claimant choose any tribunal
  2. Assume all remedial passages concern tribunal transfer
  3. Ignore Section57
  4. Treat every protective rule as a new jurisdiction statute
  5. Examine the separate jurisdictional and transition provisions

Legal references

  • SEC and Insurance Commission v. College Assurance Plan, GR213130 and218193, September9,2020, adherence and RA9829 Section57: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/sep2020/gr_213130_2020.html
  • RA9829 Section57 transition: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9829_2009.html

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