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2012-03-14 |
REYES, J. |
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| It is settled that technical rules of procedure are mere tools designed to facilitate the attainment of justice. Their strict and rigid application should be relaxed when they hinder rather than promote substantial justice. Cases should as much as possible be resolved on the merits, and not on mere technicalities. The failure of the petitioners' appeal brief to contain page references to the records is a formal defect which may be considered as minor, if not negligible.[14] | |||||
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2011-06-01 |
NACHURA, J. |
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| The Court promulgated the Rules in order to provide a remedy for summary and non-adversarial rehabilitation proceedings of distressed but viable corporations.[45] These Rules are to be construed liberally to obtain for the parties a just, expeditious, and inexpensive disposition of the case.[46] To be sure, strict compliance with the rules of procedure is essential to the administration of justice. Nonetheless, technical rules of procedure are mere tools designed to facilitate the attainment of justice. Their strict and rigid application should be relaxed when they hinder rather than promote substantial justice.[47] Otherwise stated, strict application of technical rules of procedure should be shunned when they hinder rather than promote substantial justice.[48] | |||||