Practice question
In a civil case, a government body is involved but is stipulated not to be adverse to the proposed client. Does its name alone establish the adverse-government predicate?
- Yes, mere mention of government conclusively satisfies adversity.
- Yes, the statute forbids reading party alignment.
- Yes, every government witness makes Government an adverse litigant.
- Yes, any public record in evidence is Government as adverse party.
- No; the actual adverse-party qualification must be examined.
Legal references
- RA 910, Section 1 as amended by RA 9946, Section 1, pension conditions including surviving spouse, adverse-government civil cases and office-related criminal cases: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2010/ra_9946_2010.html
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