Lee Legaspi & Partners Law

03/05/2025

Basta naa sa EDCVL (Master list) ang inyong pangalan makabotar mo ayha ra pangitaan ug ID if dili ma siguro gikan sa EDCVL ang inyong identity.

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‼️ 𝗙𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 ‼️

The supposed "No National ID, No Vote" public advisory is 𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗘 and 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘 from the Commission on Elections.

It was not posted on the official and verified social media channels of the COMELEC on any social media platform.

Voters will only be asked to present a valid ID in case their identity cannot be verified through the Election Day Computerized Voters' List (EDCVL).

Help us stop the spread of false information. Always verify through official COMELEC sources.

02/02/2025

"📢 SC Ruling: OFWs Retain Custody & Parental Rights! ⚖️🌍
The Supreme Court affirms that being abroad does not strip OFWs of their parental authority. Custody can still be granted, ensuring children's welfare. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

06/12/2023

We at the Lee Legaspi and Partners Law Office extend our heartfelt congratulations to the successful Bar Candidates of the 2023 Bar Examinations! We know it has been a long and painful journey but now it's time to reap the rewards of your hard work and bask in the glory of having run the greatest mental gauntlet and emerged victorious.

We'll done, pañeros and pañeras! We hope to see you cordially in court someday.

19/10/2023

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SC: Senior Citizen Discount Does Not Apply to Golf and Country Club Membership Dues |

Non-profit, stock golf and country clubs are not mandated to give a 20% senior citizen discount to their senior members on membership dues. However, the senior citizen discount applies to fees for locker rentals and other charges pertaining to their use of the clubs’ facilities and equipment.

Thus ruled the Supreme Court’s First Division, in a Decision penned by Associate Justice Jose Midas P. Marquez, partially granting the consolidated petitions under Rule 45 filed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and The Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club, Inc. (Manila Southwoods).

In partially granting the petitions, the Court clarified the scope of the 20% senior citizen discount mandated by Section 4(a) of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act.
The Court held that the senior citizen discount under Section 4(a) expressly applies to the sale of goods and services.

The Court thus declared that associations charging membership dues are not required to give the 20% senior citizen discount, in accordance with Section 4(a) of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act, which does not grant the discount on the collection of dues for the privilege of membership. However, golf and country clubs are required to provide qualified members with the 20% senior citizen discount on payment of fees for locker rentals as well as other charges pertaining to the members’ purchase of services provided by the club.

The Court further ruled that the assailed provision, Rule IV, Article 7, Section 4 (2), of the IRR, is invalid for carving out an exemption for non-profit, stock golf and country clubs, when the Expanded Senior Citizens Act, which mentions recreation centers in general, provides none. The Court also dismissed DSWD’s argument that the Expanded Senior Citizens Act should be limited to basic goods and services supplied to underprivileged senior citizens by establishments catering to the general public.

Reiterating its 2017 ruling in Southern Luzon Drug Corporation v. DSWD, the Court held that to “recognize all senior citizens as a group, without distinction as to income, is a valid classification.” It added that “[w]hen the Constitution declared its intention to prioritize the predicament of the underprivileged sick, elderly, disabled, women and children, it did not make any reservation as to income, race, religion, or any other personal circumstances. It was a blanket privilege afforded to the group of citizens in the enumeration in view of the vulnerability of their class.”

Read more at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/sc-senior-citizen-discount-does-not-apply-to-golf-and-country-club-membership-dues/. Read the Decision in full at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/202417-203245-hon-corazon-j-soliman-in-her-capacity-as-secretary-of-the-department-of-social-welfare-and-development-vs-carlos-t-santos-the-manila-southwoods-golf-and-country-club-inc-vs-carlo/.

04/10/2023

Thoughts? 🤔💭

Billionaire Olivia Villaflores Yanson, the matriarch of the clan that owns one of Asia’s biggest bus fleets, has received a legal greenlight for probate of her will that leaves only two of her six children as heirs to the family business empire. https://trib.al/6jJLwsp

19/09/2023

We would like to thank and acknowledge the various Bar Operations teams for their hard work today. Thank you!

19/09/2023

One of our partners, Atty. Charlton Lee, together with Atty. Jacob Caipang, a Bukidnon-based private practitioner who is also his fraternity brother in Tandu Legis Fraternitas. ⚖️

16/09/2023

Dearest Barristers,

This is the moment of truth. In just a few hours, you will take on the formidable gauntlet which forms the culmination of your years of rigorous study.

You have spent countless hours poring over volumes upon volumes of texts and memorized countless provisions of Law, hoping that you have prepared enough.

You've packed your Bar Bag and ticked off the checklist for all that's required. You've prayed to God and thanked your loved ones.

Now it's time to head off and meet your destiny.

We've been there. We know what it's like. And we are rooting for your success.

No matter where you are from, from whichever school you graduated, or to which organization you belong, know that we could not be more proud of you for braving the Bar exam.

This undertaking is not for the faint of heart, and for this reason we regard highly as well those who have failed, picked themselves up, dusted themselves off, and are trying again.

Everyone from the Lee Legaspi & Partners Law Office will be waiting in the wings for your names to come out in the list of Bar passers this year.

Godspeed, Dear Barristers!!

16/09/2023

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In a matter of days, Bar hopefuls will storm their respective examination venues and give it their all. To all our aspiring lawyers, we wish you all the best.

Stand tall. Stay brave. Be bold.

And to all their relatives, loved ones, friends and colleagues— never forget to support your core.

You have gone this far.

You will reach greater heights in the comming days.

You can do it.

You will.

Best of luck, future lawyers!

14/09/2023

LOOK: One of our partners, Atty. Charlton Lee, offers valuable tips and advice to aspiring lawyers preparing for the upcoming 2023 bar examinations.

Keep your eyes on the the prize barristers! You’ve got this. Best of luck, future lawyers! ⚖️

12/09/2023

🔔 The Guidelines on Electronic Submission of Pleadings in Lower Courts (A.M. No. 10-3-7-SC/A.M. No. 11-9-4-SC) was published in the Manila Bulletin and the Philippine Star last August 13, 2023. The Guidelines shall take effect two weeks after publication in two newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.

Read A.M. No. 10-3-7-SC/A.M. No. 11-9-4-SC in full at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/10-3-7-sc-11-9-4-sc-guidelines-on-submission-of-electronic-copies-of-pleadings-and-other-court-submissions-being-filed-before-the-lower-courts-pursuant-to-the-efficient-use-of-paper-rule/.