CN 1nL ILLkING CI 1nL kULL

Gk No 1S96S3 Ianuary 2S 2006

LD MAkkL1ING INC and MA LCUkDLS DL LA LA eLlLloners
vs
LkLINDA DCLDL MCN1Lk 8espondenL
In certa|n except|ona| c|rcumstances however the Court has a||owed the
be|ated f|||ng of the cert|f|cat|on ln loyolo v coott of Appeols et ol % SC8A
199% Lhe CourL consldered Lhe flllng of Lhe cerLlflcaLlon one day afLer Lhe
flllng of an elecLlon proLesL as subsLanLlal compllance wlLh Lhe requlremenL
lnkooJwoy xptess loc v coott of Appeols et ol % SC8A 9 199% Lhe
CourL allowed Lhe flllng of Lhe cerLlflcaLlon 1 days before Lhe dlsmlssal of Lhe
peLlLlon ln uy v looJ8ook sopto Lhe CourL had dlsmlssed uy's peLlLlon for lack
of verlflcaLlon and cerLlflcaLlon agalnsL nonforum shopplng Powever lL
subsequenLly relnsLaLed Lhe peLlLlon afLer uy submlLLed a moLlon Lo admlL
cerLlflcaLlon and nonforum shopplng cerLlflcaLlon ln all Lhese cases Lhere
were spec|a| c|rcumstances or compe|||ng reasons that [ust|f|ed the re|axat|on of
Lhe rule requlrlng verlflcaLlon and cerLlflcaLlon on nonforum shopplng
lL musL also be kepL ln mlnd LhaL whlle Lhe requlremenL of Lhe cerLlflcaLe of non
forum shopplng ls mandaLory noneLheless Lhe requlremenLs musL noL be
lnLerpreLed Loo llLerally and Lhus defeaL Lhe ob[ecLlve of prevenLlng Lhe
undeslrable pracLlce of forumshopplng %8etootJo v Nlkc SC8A 108 199%
LasLly Lechnlcal rules of procedure should be used Lo promoLe noL frusLraLe
[usLlce Whlle Lhe swlfL unclogglng of courL dockeLs ls a laudable ob[ecLlve Lhe
granLlng of subsLanLlal [usLlce ls an even more urgenL ldeal
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%lLallcs ln Lhe
orlglnal emphasls and underscorlng supplled%



Gk No 180986 December 10 2008
NCk8Lk1C AL1kLS et a| peLlLloners
vs
CAMILC G LMLLC et a| respondenLs
lor Lhe guldance of Lhe bench and bar Lhe CourL resLaLes ln capsule form Lhe
[urlsprudenLlal pronouncemenLs already reflecLed above respecLlng non
compllance wlLh Lhe requlremenLs on or submlsslon of defecLlve verlflcaLlon and
cerLlflcaLlon agalnsL forum shopplng
1% A dlsLlncLlon musL be made beLween noncompllance wlLh Lhe requlremenL on
or submlsslon of defecLlve verlflcaLlon and noncompllance wlLh Lhe requlremenL
on or submlsslon of defecLlve cerLlflcaLlon agalnsL forum shopplng
% As Lo verlflcaLlon noncompllance LherewlLh or a defecL Lhereln does noL
necessarlly render Lhe pleadlng faLally defecLlve 1he courL may order lLs
submlsslon or correcLlon or acL on Lhe pleadlng lf Lhe aLLendlng clrcumsLances are
such LhaL sLrlcL compllance wlLh Lhe 8ule may be dlspensed wlLh ln order LhaL Lhe
ends of [usLlce may be served Lhereby
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3% verlflcaLlon ls deemed sobstootlolly complleJ wlLh when one who has ample
knowledge Lo swear Lo Lhe LruLh of Lhe allegaLlons ln Lhe complalnL or peLlLlon
slgns Lhe verlflcaLlon and when maLLers alleged ln Lhe peLlLlon have been made ln
good falLh or are Lrue and correcL
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% As Lo cerLlflcaLlon agalnsL forum shopplng noncompllance LherewlLh or a
defecL Lhereln unllke ln verlflcaLlon ls generally noL curable by lLs subsequenL
submlsslon or correcLlon Lhereof unless Lhere ls a need Lo relax Lhe 8ule on Lhe
ground of substant|a| comp||ance or presence of spec|a| c|rcumstances or
compe|||ng reasons
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% 1he cerLlflcaLlon agalnsL forum shopplng musL be slgned by all Lhe plalnLlffs or
peLlLloners ln a case
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oLherwlse Lhose who dld noL slgn wlll be dropped as
parLles Lo Lhe case under reasonable or [usLlflable clrcumsLances however as
when all Lhe plalnLlffs or peLlLloners share a common lnLeresL and lnvoke a
common cause of acLlon or defense Lhe slgnaLure of only one of Lhem ln Lhe
cerLlflcaLlon agalnsL forum shopplng subsLanLlally complles wlLh Lhe 8ule
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% llnally Lhe cerLlflcaLlon agalnsL forum shopplng musL be execuLed by Lhe parLy
pleader noL by hls counsel
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lf however for reasonable or [usLlflable reasons
Lhe parLypleader ls unable Lo slgn he musL execuLe a Speclal ower of
ALLorney
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deslgnaLlng hls counsel of record Lo slgn on hls behalf

CN SU8S1AN1IAL CCMLIANCL
Gk No 1S8311 November 17 2004
nUN1ING1CN S1LLL kCDUC1S INC SLkAIIN NG peLlLloners
vs
NA1ICNAL LA8Ck kLLA1ICNS CCMMISSICN IAIML Ck8ASL kLGINC IAkDIN
AULINC IAVILk1C LDGAk IAkDIN kAMCN N 8ANA AN1CNIC MAGNC kICC
IAkDIN CLLLS1INC IAkDIN Ik LDkC IAkDIN Ik AGUS1IN GAS1CN
NA2AkIC IAVILk1C Ik and MAkCIANC GLINCGC respondenLs
neverLheless ln Loyola v CourL of Appeals
1
we held LhaL subsLanLlal compllance
wlLh Lhe requlremenL of cerLlflcaLe of nonforum shopplng ls sufflclenL Pere we
flnd LhaL Lhe cerLlflcaLlon of nonforum shopplng was noL flled slmulLaneously
wlLh Lhe lnlLlaLory pleadlng 8uL we held LhaL Lhe flllng of Lhe cerLlflcaLlon wlLhln
Lhe reglemenLary perlod of flllng Lhe lnlLlaLory pleadlng was subsLanLlal
compllance 1he facL LhaL Lhe Clrcular requlres sLrlcL compllance merely
underscores lLs mandaLory naLure LhaL lL cannoL be dlspensed wlLh or lLs
requlremenLs alLogeLher dlsregarded buL lL does noL Lhereby lnLerdlcL subsLanLlal
compllance wlLh lLs provlslons under [usLlflable clrcumsLances
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AddlLlonally Supreme CourL AdmlnlsLraLlve Clrcular no 09 now SecLlon
8ule of Lhe 8ules of Clvll rocedure musL be consLrued and applled Lo achleve
lLs purpose 1he Supreme CourL promulgaLed Lhe Clrcular Lo promoLe and
faclllLaLe Lhe orderly admlnlsLraLlon of [usLlce lL should noL be lnLerpreLed wlLh
such absoluLe llLeralness as Lo subverL lLs own ulLlmaLe and leglLlmaLe ob[ecLlve
whlch ls Lhe goal of all rules of procedure LhaL ls Lo achleve subsLanLlal [usLlce as
expedlLlously as posslble
Gk No 1488S2 September 27 2006
MAkILN VALDLCAN1CS peLlLloner
vs
LCLL CI 1nL nILIINLS and ILkNANDC GCkICCC respondenLs
ln Lhe coslnetoooJez
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case where Lhe formal requlremenLs and subsLanLlal
compllance were llberally consLrued Lhe CourL held
We musL sLress LhaL cases should be deLermlned on Lhe merlLs afLer full
opporLunlLy Lo all parLles for venLllaLlon of Lhelr causes and defenses
raLher Lhan on LechnlcallLy or some procedural lmperfecLlons ln LhaL way
Lhe ends of [usLlce would be served beLLer Moreover Lhe CourL has held
ulsmlssal of appeals purely on Lechnlcal grounds ls frowned upon
and Lhe rules of procedure oughL noL Lo be applled ln a very rlgld
Lechnlcal sense for Lhey are adopLed Lo help secure noL overrlde
subsLanLlal [usLlce and Lhereby defeaL Lhelr very alms
8ules of procedure are mere Lools deslgned Lo expedlLe Lhe declslon or
resoluLlon of cases and oLher maLLers pendlng ln courL A sLrlcL and rlgld
appllcaLlon of rules LhaL would resulL ln LechnlcallLles LhaL Lend Lo frusLraLe
raLher Lhan promoLe subsLanLlal [usLlce musL be avolded
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