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	GR No. 205015 2014-11-19	MA. MIMIE CRESCENCIO v. PEOPLE REYES, J.
Confronted with issues of this nature, this Court is mindful of the policy of affording litigants the amplest opportunity for the determination of their cases on the merits and of dispensing with technicalities whenever compelling reasons so warrant or when the purpose of justice requires it.[20]
	GR No. 179641 2011-02-09	DOLORITA C. BEATINGO v. LILIA BU GASIS NACHURA, J.
The failure to file the Appellant's Brief, though not jurisdictional, results in the abandonment of the appeal which may be the cause for its dismissal. It is true that it is not the ministerial duty of the CA to dismiss the appeal. The appellate court has the discretion to do so, and such discretion must be a sound one, to be exercised in accordance with the tenets of justice and fair play, having in mind the circumstances obtaining in each case.[21]
	GR No. 153998 2010-10-06	JORGE L. TIANGCO v. LAND BANK OF PHILIPPINES PERALTA, J.
In The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium v. Court of Appeals,[34] the Court laid down the basic rules with respect to the issue of non-filing of appellant's brief with the CA and its consequences, to wit: (1) The general rule is for the Court of Appeals to dismiss an appeal when no appellant's brief is filed within the reglementary period prescribed by the rules;