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Quinto Part1 Civpro
Quinto Part1 Civpro
Quinto Part1 Civpro
2020 UPDATES
Atty. Rosario Olivas-Quinto
Assistant Dean for Clinical Legal Education & Law Professor
College of Law, De La Salle University
Lecturer, Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
TWO PARTS
• Rule 15 - Motions
• Rule 16 - Motion to dismiss (deleted
or transposed)
• Rule 17 - Dismissal of actions
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COVERAGE
• Rule 18 - Pre-trial
• Rule 19 - Intervention
• Rule 20 - Calendar of cases
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COVERAGE
• Rule 21 - Subpoena
• Rule 22 - Computation of time
• Rule 23 - Depositions pending
actions
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COVERAGE
• Rule 30 - Trial
• Rule 31 - Consolidation or severance
• Rule 32 - Trial by commissioner
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COVERAGE
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RULE 6 - KINDS OF PLEADINGS
6.Statute of frauds
7. Estoppel
8. Former recovery
9. Discharge in bankruptcy
10. Any other matter by way of confession and avoidance.
DEFENSES IN THE ANSWER
NOW: additional affirmative defenses - Grounds for dismissal of
a complaint:
1) No subject matter jurisdiction
2) Litis pendentia
3) Res judicata plus
4) Prescription (Statute of limitations)
* Formerly grounds for dismissal under Rule 16. Now, there is no
more Rule 16.
DEFENSES IN THE ANSWER