guidelines for litigation in qc

7/31/2019 Guidelines for Litigation in QC

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Guidelines for Litigation

in Quezon City Trial Courts

The Supreme Court issued A.M. No. 11-6-10-SC dated 21 February 2012 approving theGuidelines forLitigation in Quezon City Trial Courts. Quezon City is considered as a pilot test area to determine the

"practicability and feasibility" of the proposed guidelines. All QC Courts are enjoined to "uniformly andconsistently apply and enforce" the guidelines and alllawyers who appear before QC Courts are required

to "observe and comply" with these guidelines.

Contents

1 Date of Effectivity and Applicability of the Guidelines

2 Common Guidelines for Criminal and Civil Cases

o 2.1 Limitation on Pleadings

o 2.2 Motions

o 2.3 Notice and service of processes through private couriers

o 2.4 Postponements

o 2.5 Calendar call

o 2.6 Oral offer of evidence

o 2.7 Lack of Transcripts of stenographic notes

o 2.8 Consolidations

o 2.9 Inhibitions

o 2.10 Memoranda

o 2.11 Free legal assistance

3 Guidelines for Civil Cases

o 3.1 Mediation, judicial dispute resolution, preliminary conference as mandatory parts of

pre-trial

o 3.2 Motions relating to pre-trial matters

o 3.3 Affidavits in lieu of direct testimony

o 3.4 Execution in appealed ejectment cases

4 Guidelines for Criminal Cases

o

4.1 Schedule of arraignmento 4.2 Suspension of arraignment

o 4.3 Waiver of reading of the information

o 4.4 Petitions for bail

o 4.5 Pre-trial

o 4.6 Affidavits in lieu of direct testimony

o 4.7 Demurrer and submission of case for decision

o 4.8 Private prosecutors

5 References
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Date of Effectivity and Applicability of the Guidelines

These Guidelines shall take effect on April 16, 2012.[1] The project shall be subject to quarterly reviews bythe Committee. At the end of the 6th month from such date of effectivity, the Committee shall prepare a

Mid-Term Report on the project for submission to the Supreme Court, and at the end of the 12th month

from such date of effectivity, the Committee shall prepare and submit a Final Report on the project to the

Supreme Court.[2]

Pilot Guidelines (verbatim) Existing Rules and Comments

These Guidelines shall apply to all newly filedcases,

as well as pending cases wheretrial has not startedyet, whether or not thepre-trial has been concluded.[3] For pendingcaseswhere trial has already

commenced, where theparties consent to the

application of the Guidelines for the remainder of the

case proceedings, the Guidelines shall be applied bythe court to that case as well.[4]

1. The Guidelines obviously does not apply to all

cases in Quezon City. The following are covered bythe Guidelines:

i. All newly filed cases.

ii. Pending cases where trial has not started

yet, whether or not thepre-trial has been

concluded.iii. When all parties consent to the application

of the Guidelines, regardless of whether trialhas already commenced in a pending case.

2. The Guidelines is obviously more strict that the

existing Rules of Court. There will be more

invocations of the legal maxim that cases must bedecided on the merits, not on technicalities. A clients

is bound by the mistakes ofcounsel.

Common Guidelines for Criminal and Civil Cases

Unless otherwise provided, these guidelines shall be common to criminal cases and civil cases, includingspecial proceedings andland registration cases.

Limitation on Pleadings


Parties may filepleadingssubsequent to thecomplaint,answerandreply, regarding any incident

in a pendingcase, only upon priorleave of court, and

in no case to exceed 40 pages in length, double-spaced, using size 14 font.[5]

1. The consequence of failure to comply with therequirements of font-size, number of pages and

spacing is not clearly provided. It is not clear

whether the pleading will be expunged from therecord of the case.

2. If the purpose of requiring a size 14 font is to

make the pleading readable, it might not be achieved

when using certain fonts. For instance, a 40-pagepleading using Arial size 14 would only be 33 pages

using Arial Narrow.

3. From the way this is worded, it does NOT apply tothe answer, complaint and reply, which means that

the complaint could be using size 12 font which will

lead to .
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Motions


Motions that do not conform with the requirementsofRule 15of the Rules of Court are scraps of paper

that do not merit the court's consideration. Thebranch clerk of court shall inform thejudgeofnoncompliant motions. The courtshall then

immediately issue a final orderdeclaring the motion

a mere scrap of paperunworthy of any further courtaction, without necessity of a hearingorcomment

from theadverse party.[6]

Courts shall require only a comment oroppositionto

anymotion, which shall be filed within aninextendible period of 5 days. Thereafter, the motion

shall be submitted for resolution by the court. Unlessallowed, the filing of a reply,rejoinder, orsur-

rejoinderis hereby prohibited.[7]

1. The existing rules, particularly Rule 15 (Motions)of the Rules of Court, specify the requirements of a

motion, but does not explicitly provide the effect ofnon-compliance with such requirements.

2. Nevertheless, jurisprudence consistently holds thata defective motion is nothing but a piece of paper

filed with the court. It presents no question which the

court could decide. The court had no right toconsider it, nor had the clerk any right to receive it

without a compliance with the requirements.[8]

3. The Rules of Court, however, does not explicitly

provide that thecourt can motu propio or, on its own,dismiss a defective motion without any motion from

the adverse party. It is common, in fact, for a hearing

to be scheduled and for the adverse party to specifyin its comment/opposition that the motion is a mere

scrap of paper for non-compliance with the

requirements underRule 15.

4. The Guidelines now explicitly authorizes the courtto dismiss motu propio a defective motion. One

possible ramification of the pilot rule is the render

the clerk of court or the responsible judicial officer toadministrative liability for failing to dismiss motu

propio a defective motion. This potential liability

should compel compliance with this requirement

under the Guidelines.

5. The existing Rules of Courtdoes not specify the

number of days for a comment/opposition to be filed,

and 10-15 days for the filing thereof is notuncommon. It is not clear, however, if the phrase

"shall require only a comment or opposition to any

motion" means that a hearing is dispensed with. Itcould also mean that a hearing is still required,except that, as a rule, only a comment/opposition

may be filed and the movant can no longer file a

reply.

Notice and service of processes through private couriers
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There shall be presumptive notice to apartyof a

court setting if suchnoticeappears on the record tohave been mailed at least 20 days prior to the

scheduled date ofhearing if the addressee is from

within theNational Capital Region, or at least 30days if the addressee is from outside the National

Capital Region.[9]

Aparty may opt to avail ofprivate couriersfor the

service ofpleadings,motions and other submissions.Proof of service in such case shall either be asworn

certificationoraffidavit of service from the courier

specifically referring to the date of service and thecorresponding tracking number for the mail matter.[10]

1. There is no presumptive notice provided under the

existing Rules of Court.

2. The existing Rules of Courtalso does not provide

for service by private courier.

Postponements


Judges shall not grant anypostponement except foracts of God orforce majeure.[11]

No motion for postponement, whether written or

oral, shall be acted upon by the courtunless

accompanied by the original official receipt from theOffice of the Clerk of Court of Quezon City

evidencing payment of the postponement fee.[12]

In either case, if the scheduled hearing is unable toproceed due to such absence, the court shall require

the absent counsel and/or party to pay the expenses

of the present party or witness for appearing in court

on that date.[13]

Postponement in Civil Cases

In civil cases, in the absence ofcounsel, the court

shall proceed with the hearing ex parte with no right

tocross-examination. If it is the witness who isabsent, the presentation of such witness shall be

declared waived.[14]

Postponement in Criminal Cases

In criminal cases, in the absence ofcounsel de parte,the hearing shall proceed upon appointment by the

court of acounsel de oficio. If it is the witness who isabsent, the presentation of such witness shall be

declared waived.[15]

1. The waiveroftestimony of an absentwitness canonly be done if there is a fixed date/schedule for all

witnesses identified during thepre-trial conference.

2. A hostile witness who refuses to attend would

benefit from the waiver of his testimony.

3. Postponements by agreement of the

parties/counsels are no longer allowed.

Calendar call
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Courts shall call the calendarat exactly 8:30 a.m. or

2:00 p.m., as the case may be, to determine whichcases are ready to proceed. No second call shall be

made except only of those cases where both parties

have manifested their readiness to proceed. Theremaining time after the first call shall be divided

equally among the ready cases to ensure that all will

be heard on that day.[16]

The purpose of prohibiting second calls is to expedite

the entire proceeding and save time. To be fair topractitioners and to fully implement the intent of this

rule, it should also include a provision on court staff

and judges who arrive late.

Oral offer of evidence

Pilot Guidelines Existing Rules and Comments

The offer of evidence, the comment thereon, and the

court ruling shall be made orally. A party is required

to make his oral offer of evidenceon the same as thepresentation of his last witness, and the opposing

party is required to immediately interpose his

objection thereto. Thereafter, thejudge shall makethe ruling on the offer of evidence in open court. [17]

In making the offer, the counsel shall cite the specific

page numbers of the court record where the exhibits

being offered are found if attached thereto. The courtshall always ensure that all exhibits offered are

submitted to the court on the same day.[18]

If theexhibits are not attached to the record, the partymaking the offer must submit the same during theoffer of evidence in open court.[19]

1. The Rules of Court provides that "the court shall

consider no evidence which has not been formally

offered."[20] Failure to make a formal offerofevidence is deemed a waiver of the covered

evidence.

2. UnderA.M. No. 03-1-09-SC, each party isrequired to make his formal offer of evidence after

the presentation of his last witness and the opposing

party is required to immediately interpose his

objection thereto. Thereafter thejudgeshall make theruling on the offer of evidence in open court.

However, the judge has the discretion to allow the

offer of evidence in writing in conformity with

Section 35, Rule 132.[21]

3. Based on jurisprudence, a written offer of

evidence can only be tolerated under Sec. 35 ofRule

132 in extreme cases where the object evidence ordocuments are large in numbersay from 100 and

above, and only where there is unusual difficulty in

preparing the offer. Moreover, the party asking forsuch concession should however file a motion, pay

the filing fee, set the date of the hearing not later than

10 days after the filing of the motion,[22] and serve it

on the address of the party at least three (3) daysbefore the hearing.[23] In short, it is a litigated motion

and cannot be done ex parte.[24]

4. The Guidelines goes a step further -- it makesabsolute the necessity of an oral offer of evidence by

removing the court's discretion to allow a written

offer of evidence. The removal of such discretion,

while commendable in its intent to expedite theproceedings, may cause delays in cases involving

voluminous documents. Other cases in the calendar

may be prejudiced, or, considering the equal timeallotted to each case under Par. A.5 (Calendar Call),

the case will have to be reset for further oral offer of

testimony.

Lack of Transcripts of stenographic notes

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Incomplete or missingtranscripts of stenographic

notes is not a valid reason to interrupt or suspend themandatory period for deciding a case. Judges who

conducted the trial in a case and heard the

testimonies of some or all of the witnessesshall not

defer the submission of the case for judgment on thisground. In cases where the case was heard

completely by another judge, the new judge tasked to

write the decision shall be given 60 days fromassumption to office to require the completion of

transcripts before the case is deemed submitted for

decision.[25]

Consolidations


Consolidation of cases shall only be allowed if both

or all of the cases sought to be consolidated have notyet passed thepretrial orpreliminary conference

stage.[26]

In cases involving multiple accused where a later

information is filed involving anaccused who wassubjected to further investigation by theOffice of the

City Prosecutorof Quezon City, over an incident

which has the same subject matter as a priorInformation/s against different accused, the later case

when filed under cover of a motion forconsolidation

from the OCP-QC shall no longer beraffled, butshall be assigned directly to thecourt where the

earlier cases are pending. If the earlier cases are

already at the trial stage and witnesses have been

presented by theprosecution, the prosecution shall beallowed to merely adopt the evidence so far

presented against the newaccused, subject to the

latter's right tocross-examine the said witnesses.[27]

In civil cases, consolidationshall be granted only if

there is identity of parties and issues in the affected

cases.[28]

Inhibitions


Each party shall only be allowed to file one motion There is no limit to the number of motions for
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for inhibition in any case strictly on grounds

provided for underRule 137 of theRules of Court.[29]inhibition that can be filed under the Rules of Court.

The apparent change under the Guidelines is to limiteach party to one motion for inhibition for the entire

case, which means that a party who filed such a

motion, even if denied, cannot re-file it against the

same judge or file a similar motion against thesubsequent judge.

Memoranda


After completion oftrial, the court shall require the

parties to submit theirmemoranda which shall not

exceed 25 pages in length, single-spaced, on legalsize paper, using size 14 font.[30]

1. The filing of a memorandum is meant to aid the

court in judiciously resolving cases. This provision

makes the filing of memorandum mandatory,whereas theRules of Court leaves the requirement offiling of memorandum upon the discretion of the

judge.

2. Section 5,Rule 30 of theRules of Court providesthat upon admission ofevidence, the case shall be

submitted fordecision unless the court directs the

parties to argue or to submit their respective

memoranda or any furtherpleadings. Therefore, evenin incidents when the court could render a decision

without a memorandum, it has no other choice but to

prolong the period to decide.

Free legal assistance


If a party fails to qualify for the services of the Public

Attorney's Office (PAO), theIntegrated Bar of thePhilippines Quezon City Chapter shall providefree

legal assistanceto the said party. For this purpose,

the IBP-QC Chapter shall submit to the ExecutiveJudges of the Quezon City trial courts, a list of IBP-

QC lawyers who may be appointed by the courts to

act as counsel de oficioin such cases. The lists shallbe disseminated among all the trial courts in the

station.[31]

1. From the language of the provision, it is

immaterial whether a party is an indigent/pauperlitigant or not. A party of sufficient means can

choose not to have a counsel de parte, apply with the

PAO, and be assured that a counsel de oficio will beprovided by the IBP-QC.

Guidelines for Civil Cases
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Mediation, judicial dispute resolution, preliminary conference as

mandatory parts of pre-trial


The order setting the case forpre-trial shall also

include (a) a referral to the PMC for mandatory

mediation proceedings incasescovered by the rule,and/or (b) a setting forjudicial dispute resolution, as

well as (c) apreliminary conference before the

Branch Clerk of Court. Thepre-trial properbeforethe court must take place only after all the foregoing

shall have been completed.[32]

The court shall strictly impose sanctions for non-

appearance during mediation,judicial disputeresolution, and/orpreliminary conference before the

Branch Clerkas these are mandatory parts ofpre-

trial.[33]

Courts must strictly comply with theGuidelines to beObserved in the Conduct of Pre-Trial underA.M.

No. 03-1-09-SC.[34]

Motions relating to pre-trial matters


Motions relating to the followingpre-trial matters

shall be filed before the scheduled date of pretrial,

otherwise they shall be barred:[35]i. Summary judgment andjudgment on the

pleadings

ii. Amendments topleadings, including theadding or dropping of parties

iii. Suspension of proceedings

iv.Dismissals underRule 16, save forlack of

jurisdiction over the subject matter of thecase

(b) Thecourts must resolve said motions not later

than 30 days after submission. Pre-trial propershallonly be conducted after such resolution.[36]

UnderRule 16 of the Rules of Court, in relation to

the Omnibus Motion Rule under Section 8,Rule 15

of the Rules of Court, the following grounds are notwaived even if not raised in a motion to dismiss or an

[[answer] withaffirmative defenses: (1) lack of

jurisdiction over thesubject matter; (2)litispendentia; (3)res judicata; and (4)prescription.

However, in this case, the rule only recognizes lack

ofjurisdiction over the subject matteras a ground for

dismissal of anaction, even when such ground is notraised in a motion filed beforepre-trial. Under

Section 2 ofRule 16, the judge can, motu propio

during thepre-trial, dismiss "the action should a validground therefor be found to exist". It would seem

that the judge CANNOT dismiss an action, even if

there is a clear case ofres judicata,prescription orlitis pendentia, simply because the party did not file

the appropriate motion prior topre-trial.

Affidavits in lieu of direct testimony


The direct examination of all witnesses shall be

presented through Affidavits, preferably in question-and-answer format. Paragraphs shall be
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consecutively numbered for facility of reference.[37]

The Affidavits shall take the place of the witness'

direct examination and no additional oral directtestimony shall be allowed by the court save for the

witness'identification andconfirmation ofhisAffidavit and its marking. The failure to submit suchAffidavitson the date they are required to be

submitted shall amount to a waiver of such

submission and of the presentation of the witness/es

concerned.[38]

Theparty presenting the Affidavitshall serve a copy

of the same on the adverse counsel and the court not

later than five days before the scheduledpre-trial. Heshall also attach thereto copies of all documents

identified and referred to by the witness in theAffidavit which are intended to be marked in

evidence.[39]

Cross-examination shall be conducted immediately

after the confirmation of the Affidavit, and the

testimony of the witnessshall be completed on the

same setting.[40]

Execution in appealed ejectment cases


In ejectment cases brought to theRegional TrialCourton appeal, where the latters decision has

already becomefinal and executory, amotion for

executionof said decision shall be filed only withand resolved by the Metropolitan Trial Court which

originally heard the case.[41]

Guidelines for Criminal Cases

Schedule of arraignment


The arraignment shall be set within seven days from Under Section 2(g) ofRule 116, unless a shorter
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receipt by thecourt of the case, for detained accused,

and within 20 days from receipt by the court of thecase, for non-detainedaccused.[42]

The court must set the arraignment of the accused in

the commitment order, in the case ofdetainedaccused, or in the order of approval ofbail, in anyother case. For this purpose, where the Executive

Judges andPairing Judgesact onbailapplications of

cases assigned to othercourts, they shall coordinate

with the courts to which the cases are actuallyassigned for scheduling purposes.[43]

Notice ofarraignment shall be sent to theprivate

complainant orcomplaining law enforcement agentfor purposes ofplea bargaining, pursuant to Rule

116, Section 1 (f) of the Rules of Court.[44]

period is provided by theSupreme Court, the accused

must bearraigned within thirty (30) days from thetime acquiresjurisdictionover the person of the

accused. The Guidelines provides for a shorter period

seven (7) days from receipt of the case for

detainees and twenty (20) days in case of non-detainees. Nevertheless

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