E-Bikes and E-Scooters in the Philippines: Road Rules, Accident Liability and Remedies
Check which rules apply to your electric vehicle and route, what to do after a crash, and where to seek enforcement or compensation in the Philippines.
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Car Hit Your Motorcycle but Won’t Pay? Owner Liability and Where to File
Who may be liable when a car hits a motorcycle, promises payment and disappears? Understand evidence, owner liability, police, LTO, insurance and the correct civil remedy.
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Injured as a Passenger? Common Carrier Liability in the Philippines
Hurt on a bus, jeepney, taxi or ferry? Common carriers are presumed at fault for passenger injuries and must prove extraordinary diligence. Defenses, damages, deadlines and the steps to claim.
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Supreme Court Voids 2024 and 2025 Budgets: What Happens in 2026?
The Supreme Court ruled against 2024 and 2025 budget increases and specific 2026 provisions. See the Constitution, operative-fact doctrine, public-funds remedies, and what changes now.
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Can You Check Your Spouse’s Phone? Privacy, Evidence and Remedies in the Philippines
Suspecting an affair does not give you unrestricted access to your spouse’s phone. Ten FAQs explain Philippine privacy rights, warrants, evidence, remedies, account protection and safer next steps.
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How Are Damages Calculated in a Philippine Civil Case? A Worked Guide
How Philippine courts compute damages in civil cases: proving actual damages, lost earnings and the loss-of-earning-capacity formula, temperate, moral, nominal and exemplary damages, legal interest, and what reduces an award, with worked examples.
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Breach of Contract vs Quasi-Delict: Contractual Liability and Culpa Aquiliana Compared
How liability for breach of contract (culpa contractual) differs from liability for quasi-delict (culpa aquiliana) under the Philippine Civil Code: source, burden of proof, the employer’s diligence defense, damages and deadlines.
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Employer’s Liability for an Employee’s Negligence (Art. 2180)
Under Article 2180, employers answer directly and solidarily for an employee’s negligence within assigned tasks, unless they prove diligence in selection and supervision. Elements, evidence, the four-year deadline and how to claim.
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Attorney’s Fees in the Philippines: Article 2208 and Fee Clauses
Recovering attorney’s fees after a breach of contract in the Philippines: how attorney’s-fee clauses work, when courts reduce them, and why a breach alone is not bad faith.
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Slips, Falls, and Injuries in Stores or Condominiums: Can You Claim Damages?
A fall in a store, mall, condominium, or other premises does not automatically create liability. Learn what negligence, control, causation, warnings, and evidence matter in a Philippine damages claim.
