Podcast · 8 episodes
Corporation Law Jurisprudence
The Revised Corporation Code, one doctrine per episode, through the Supreme Court decisions that apply it.
Latest: Episode 8 · Sariling Negosyo Habang Director, Pwede Ba? Corporate Opportunity
Philippine law, explained
The law of the Philippines, told as a story you’ll remember.
Statutes and Supreme Court decisions in every subject, from criminal and civil law to commercial and labor law, explained by Atty. Jeric Dave Gallardo for law students, bar reviewees, and every Filipino who wants to understand the law.
Every law and decision we quote is checked against its full text.
1987 CONSTITUTION · ART. XII, SEC. 2
“All lands of the public domain… are owned by the State.”
G.R. NO. 177493 · 2014
Livesey vs. Binswanger Philippines, Inc.
VEIL PIERCED
Official accounts. These are the only ones. Any other page using the Forlawssake name isn’t us.
Podcasts
Two podcasts, one topic per episode
Podcast · 8 episodes
Land Titles Jurisprudence
Who may own land, how land is titled and registered, and the Supreme Court decisions behind each rule.
Latest: Episode 8 · Can You Sell Free Patent Land Within 5 Years? Free Patent vs. Homestead
Interactive explainer · Commercial law
When can a creditor go after the owners of a corporation?
As a rule, a corporation is a person separate from its owners, so its debts are its own (Revised Corporation Code, Sec. 2). But that separate personality is not a shield for fraud. Courts pierce the corporate veil only when all three tests are met.
Switch each test on and watch the veil.
The three-prong test: Concept Builders, Inc. vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 108734, May 29, 1996; Kukan International Corporation vs. Reyes, G.R. No. 182729, September 29, 2010.
1 OF 3 TESTS MET
VEIL STANDS
No piercing. Only the corporation answers for its debts.
Missing: fraud or wrong, harm. Same owners, a similar name or a title is not enough. Each test needs clear evidence.
Episodes
Latest episodes and videos
Corporation Law Jurisprudence · Podcast Episode 8Podcast · 15:30
Sariling Negosyo Habang Director, Pwede Ba? Corporate Opportunity
May a director take for himself a business opportunity that should belong to the corporation?
Watch or listen →
Land Titles Jurisprudence · Podcast Episode 8Podcast · 21:34
Can You Sell Free Patent Land Within 5 Years? Free Patent vs. Homestead
Is a sale of free patent or homestead land within five years void, and what changed in 2019?
Watch or listen →
Criminal LawVideo
Kasalanan Ba ang Maging Bobo? Negligence sa Batas
No law punishes low intelligence, but low intelligence alone is no legal excuse; only imbecility, clearly proved, exempts. Negligence, reckless imprudence, imbecility and civil liability under the Civil Code and the Revised Penal Code, through three Supreme Court cases.
Watch on YouTube →
Land Titles Jurisprudence · Podcast Episode 7Podcast · 21:32
Who Owns Reclaimed Land in Manila Bay? Freedom Islands at Smokey Mountain
When does land reclaimed from the sea become land the State may sell, and who may own it?
Watch or listen →
Land Titles Jurisprudence · Podcast Episode 6Podcast · 23:24
Can the Government Sell Public Land? Public Dominion vs. Patrimonial Property
When does State property become patrimonial, and who must say so?
Watch or listen →
Criminal LawVideo
Kailan May Sabwatan? Act of One, Act of All (Art. 8 RPC)
When is there conspiracy? Why the act of one becomes the act of all, under Article 8 of the Revised Penal Code.
Watch on YouTube →Every subject
Browse the law by subject
Legal library
Read it at your own pace
Commercial LawCase digestTotal Office Products and Services (TOPROS), Inc. vs. John Charles Chang, Jr., et al.The doctrine of corporate opportunity applies, and the corporation’s knowledge or tolerance is not ratification. The Court set aside the Court of Appeals and sent the case back to the trial court to determine the exact liability. It fixed no amount.Read the digest →Criminal LawCase digestCruz vs. Court of AppealsWith no expert testimony on the standard of care and a reasonable doubt on the cause of death, the surgeon was acquitted. Civil liability needs only a preponderance of evidence, so she still had to pay P200,000.00.Read the digest →Civil LawCase digestFilinvest Land, Inc. vs. BackyThe prohibition does not distinguish between consummated and executory sales. The sale of the lots patented in 1991 was void, the sale of the 1986 lots stood, and the grantees must return the ₱14 million down payment.Read the digest →
Video series
More ways to learn the law
Corporation Law Series
The Revised Corporation Code, one topic per episode, in short videos.
Playlist on Spotify →Criminal Law
Fundamental principles, felonies, the stages of a crime and conspiracy, one rule per video.
Watch on YouTube →Civil and Family Law
Waivers and quitclaims, promises to marry, marriage and divorce, explained through real cases.
Watch on YouTube →About the lawyer
Atty. Jeric Dave Gallardo
Philippine lawyer · Iloilo City
Atty. Jeric Dave Gallardo created Forlawssake to explain Philippine law through the cases that shaped it. On the Corporation Law Jurisprudence and Land Titles Jurisprudence podcasts, he is joined by his co-host, Sweet Zel Grace Porras.
Roll of Attorneys No. 85783 · IBP Iloilo Chapter · University of San Agustin
Full profile →01 · READ IT IN FULL
Every statute and decision is read in its full text, never from a digest.
02 · TELL IT AS A STORY
Each case is told the way it happened, so the rule sticks.
03 · CHECK IT TWICE
Every quote and citation is checked again before an episode goes up.
Next episode
Can directors give themselves a salary or a bonus?