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2011-06-29 |
CARPIO, J. |
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| Appeal is not a matter of right but a mere statutory privilege.[24] The party who seeks to exercise the right to appeal must comply with the requirements of the rules, failing in which the right to appeal is lost.[25] While the Court, in certain cases, applies the policy of liberal construction, it may be invoked only in situations where there is some excusable formal deficiency or error in a pleading, but not where its application subverts the essence of the proceeding or results in the utter disregard of the Rules of Court.[26] | |||||