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Practice question: Verification and Certification Against Forum Shopping

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

The acts clearly establish willful and deliberate forum shopping. What dismissal consequence does Section 5 specify?
  1. Only indefinite suspension of every case without a ruling.
  2. Automatic judgment for the forum shopper.
  3. Mandatory dismissal without prejudice in every circumstance.
  4. No consequence after a sworn form is filed.
  5. Summary dismissal with prejudice.

Legal references

  • 2019 Amendments to Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 7 Sections 4-6: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html

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