Practice question
For voluntary inhibition, the only available court faces an urgent matter where inaction could cause a miscarriage of justice. Is that circumstance irrelevant to the judge’s assessment?
- No; Section 12 expressly includes the availability and urgency considerations.
- Yes; urgency is never mentioned.
- Yes; parties alone appoint a new judge.
- Yes; convenience always overrides every impartiality concern.
- Yes; the judge must pretend another court exists.
Legal references
- 2025 CJCA, AM 25-04-04-SC, November 11, 2025, specific Canon and section identified: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/100836
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