Breach of Contract in the Philippines: Rights, Proof, and Remedies
A practical Philippine guide to proving breach of contract, choosing performance, resolution or damages, and preserving the evidence needed.
A practical Philippine guide to proving breach of contract, choosing performance, resolution or damages, and preserving the evidence needed.
Learn the essential requirements of a valid Philippine contract, what defects affect consent, object or cause, and what evidence to preserve.
Adverse claim or lis pendens? Learn when a Philippine heir should annotate each on a title under PD 1529, the 30-day rule, what each must contain, and its effect on buyers.
Can one heir become sole owner of inherited land by long possession? Learn Article 494, repudiation of co-ownership, how to prove it, and when prescription runs.
Which remedy fits an inheritance dispute? Compare partition, reconveyance, cancellation, quieting of title, accounting and injunction, and check each prescriptive period in the Philippines.
When can heirs use an action to quiet title over inherited property? Learn how clouds on title, conflicting claims, invalid instruments, and other remedies interact.
What happens when disputed inherited property is sold to a third party? Learn how buyer-in-good-faith rules, title records, possession, notice, and lis pendens affect recovery.
When can an heir seek reconveyance of inherited property in the Philippines? Learn how fraud, implied trust, excluded heirs, title registration, and prescription affect the remedy.
How can heirs challenge a deed or title created through a fraudulent estate transfer? Learn when nullity, cancellation, reconveyance, and title correction may be appropriate.
How do you file a partition case for inherited property in the Philippines? Learn when partition is available, who must be included, what the court decides, and how sale or physical division can follow.