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complaint
answer
counterclaim
crossclaim
third-party complaint
complaint-in-intervention
reply
counterclaim;
cross-claim;
Third-party complaint;
Reply; and
Intervention
B. Parts of A Pleading
Caption of the Pleading
Caption contains the ff:
(a) name of the court;
(b) title of the action; and
(c) docket number, if assigned
Title of the action
Relief
of
Other requirements
All pleadings, motions, and papers filed in
court by counsel shall bear, in addition to
counsels current Professional Tax Receipt
number (PTR), counsels current IBP Official
Receipt Number indicating its date of issue.
(**Roll of attorney number, number and date
of issue of MCLE Certificate of Compliance or
Certificate of Exemption**)
Significance of a verification
Verification requirement is significant, as it is
intended to secure an assurance that the
allegations in a pleading are true and correct
and not the product of the imagination or a
matter of speculation, and that the pleading
is filed in good faith.
Three
ways
shopping
of
committing
forum
How to determine
forum shopping
the
existence
of
(Under
reasonable
or
justifiable
circumstances, however, as when the
plaintiffs or petitioners share common
interest and invoke a common cause of
action or defense, the signature of only one
of them substantially conforms to the Rule.)
Liberal interpretation of the rules on the
signing of the certification against
forum shopping
The rules on forum shopping, which were
precisely designed to promote and facilitate
the orderly administration of justice, should
not be interpreted with such absolute
literalness as to subvert its own ultimate and
legitimate objective which is the goal of all
rules of procedure- that is, to achieve
substantial justice as expeditiously as
possible.