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Please be advised that our Mexico office at:
📍Unit 4, 307 Olongapo-Gapan Road, San Pablo, Mexico, Pampanga will accommodate transactions only until March 13, 2026.

We will be relocating to our new office at:
📍Sitio 8, Capitol Ground, Sto. Niño, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.
The official start date at the new address will be announced until further notice.

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⚖️ 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟗 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐏𝐂
✔️Grave felonies are those to which the law attaches the capital punishment or penalties which in any of their periods are afflictive, in accordance with Article 25 of this Code.

✔️Less grave felonies are those which the law punishes with penalties which in their maximum period are correctional, in accordance with the abovementioned article.

✔️ Light felonies are those infractions of law for the commission of which the penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding 40,000 pesos or both, is provided.

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⚖️ 𝐎𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞
✔️ The husband and wife are obliged to live together, observe mutual love, respect and fidelity, and render mutual help and support. (𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 68 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦)

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⚖️ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲
✔️ The contract of agency in the Philippines is governed by Articles 1868 to 1932 of the Civil Code of the Philippines.

✔️ Article 1868 of the Civil Code states that by the contract of agency, a person (agent) binds himself to render some service or to do something in representation or on behalf of another (principal), with the consent or authority of the latter.

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⚖️ 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐬. 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬

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𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐌:
⚖️ "𝘚𝘶𝘶𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢."
✔️ The abuse of a right is the greatest possible wrong.

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⚖️ 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫-𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
In the case of 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘴. 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘻 𝘊𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘵. 𝘢𝘭, 𝘎.𝘙. 𝘕𝘰. 182255, 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 15, 2015, the SC discussed the difference between Labor-only Contracting and Job Contracting.

✔️ As defined under Article 106 of the Labor Code, labor-only contracting, a prohibited act, is an arrangement where the contractor, who does not have substantial capital or investment in the form of tools, equipment, machineries, work premises, among others, supplies workers to an employer and the workers recruited are performing activities which are directly related to the principal business of such employer.

✔️ On the other hand, Permissible or legitimate job contracting or subcontracting refers to an arrangement whereby a principal agrees to put out or farm out with the contractor or subcontractor the performance or completion of a specific job, work, or service within a definite or predetermined period, regardless of whether such job, work, or service is to be performed or completed within or outside the premises of the principal.

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⚖️ 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐑.𝐀. 𝐍𝐨. 𝟏𝟎𝟖𝟖𝟑
✔️ R.A. No. 10883 punishes the crime of carnapping which refers to the taking, with intent to gain, of a motor vehicle belonging to another without the latter’s consent, or by means of violence against or intimidation of persons, or by using force upon things.

✔️ To prosecute for carnapping, the following elements must be established:
(1) The vehicle belongs to another person;
(2) The taking of the vehicle was done without the owner's consent;
(3) There is an intent to gain; and
(4) The act was carried out with force, intimidation, or violence.

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The (SC) has ruled that same-sex couples who live together may be recognized as co-owners of property under Article 148 of the 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦, provided there is proof of actual contribution.

In a Decision written by Associate Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez, the SC’s Second Division granted a woman’s complaint for partition of property and recognized her as a co-owner of the house and lot she shared with her same-sex partner.

Article 148 of the 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦 governs the property relations of couples who are living together but cannot legally marry, acknowledging co-ownership based on their actual contributions.

The two women lived together as a couple. A year into their relationship, they purchased a house and lot, and agreed to register the property in one partner’s name to facilitate banking transactions.

Upon separation, they agreed to sell the property and divide the proceeds equally. One partner signed an 𝘈𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 stating that the other had paid about 50% of the purchase and renovation costs.

However, she later refused to sell the property and denied that her former partner was a co-owner.

To protect her interest, the former partner annotated an adverse claim on the title and demanded partition of the property. When this failed, she filed a case for partition of real estate and damages, relying on the 𝘈𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 as proof of co-ownership.

The SC granted the complaint for partition of real estate, as it clarified the provisions in the 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦 governing the property relations of unmarried couples living together.

Article 147 applies to unmarried couples who may legally marry. Property acquired during their cohabitation is presumed jointly owned.

Article 148, on the other hand, applies to couples who are not permitted to marry. Only properties obtained through actual contribution are considered common property.

Since the 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦 only allows marriage between a man and a woman, the SC held that same-sex couples necessarily fall under Article 148.

Here, the SC found that the signed 𝘈𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, where one partner admitted that the other paid about half of the property costs, was a binding admission and sufficient proof of actual contribution. This established co-ownership.

Read the full text of the press release at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=160462.

Read the full text of the Decision at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=160431.

Read the Concurring Opinion of Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=160444.

Read the Concurrence of Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=160439.

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⚖️ 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟏𝟏𝟓𝟔 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟏𝟓𝟕 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬
✔️ Under Article 1156 of the Civil Code of the Philippines, an obligation is defined as a "juridical necessity to give, to do, or not to do."

✔️ According to Article 1157, obligations arise from:
(1) Law
(2) Contracts
(3) Quasi-Contracts
(4) Delicts or Crimes
(5) Quasi-Delicts (Torts)

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