Practice question
A party knowingly invokes a court’s authority for many years, seeks affirmative relief, and only after an adverse outcome raises a defect it could long have asserted. The opposing party shows substantial good-faith reliance and severe inequity from starting anew. Which analysis is best?
- The legal source of jurisdiction becomes irrelevant
- Every long case automatically satisfies estoppel
- The court must examine whether the exceptional Tijam-type laches bar is established by the full facts
- The fifteen-year figure alone mechanically decides every case
- The objection must succeed regardless of all exceptional equities
Legal references
- Tijam, G.R.L-21450; Figueroa, G.R.147406: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/jul2008/gr_147406_2008.html
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