Decision summaries
What each Supreme Court decision decided, in a sentence or two. Open one and use its Summary tab for the facts, issue and ruling in plain language or lawyer mode. These are study aids, not legal advice. Check the decision itself before you rely on it.
- G.R. 264158Jan 2024Melba Alcantara Denusta v. Migrant Workers Manpower Agency, Inc., Theresita M. Ceralde, and K&g Manpower Services, LtdAn overseas worker who is underpaid, denied promised accommodation, insulted and threatened with a knife by her foreign employer, and so asks to be released from her contract, was effectively dismissed and can recover her salary for the rest of the contract.
- G.R. 256194Jan 2024Republic of the Philippines v. Heirs of Rogelio P. Laudes, Namely, Victoria Ordiz Vda. de Laudes, Rovi Roville Laudes-Cornelio, Rovin Laudes, Rovirose Laudes and Rovicor Laudes, Represented by Victoria Ordiz Vda. de LaudesTo register land that was once public land, the applicant must prove it was declared alienable and disposable using the evidence the law now requires, so a case with only the old-style certifications was sent back to take that proof.
- G.R. 255180Jan 2024Conrado Fernando, Jr. v. People of the PhilippinesA travel agency employee who took a customer's money for a tour that never happened is not guilty of estafa unless the prosecution proves beyond reasonable doubt that he lied to get the money.
- G.R. 260434Jan 2024Now Telecom Company, Inc. v. National Telecommunications CommissionA telecom company with a congressional franchise has no automatic right to particular radio frequencies, and lower courts cannot stop the government's selection of a new major telecom player.