Practice question
Two identical claims are filed on opposite sides of a jurisdictional amendment’s effective date. The amendment expressly applies prospectively to newly filed cases. Is different forum allocation necessarily inconsistent?
- Yes; every identical claim must use one historical grant forever.
- No; the statutory temporal direction may lawfully produce different allocations.
- Yes; prospective clauses are legally meaningless.
- The older case’s forum privately legislates for the newer case.
- A court may ignore the effective date whenever facts are similar.
Legal references
- RA 11576, Section 4, prospective application of expanded civil jurisdiction: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11576_2021.html
- Figueroa v. People, G.R. No. 147406, July 14, 2008, main decision, law at institution and narrow estoppel doctrine: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/jul2008/gr_147406_2008.html
- Spouses Agullo v. Victa-Espinosa, G.R. No. 269921, April 22, 2025, en banc main decision, governing law at filing and Rule 9: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/apr2025/gr_269921_2025.html
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