2019 400309

VILLAROMAN, Janine Monica D.

CIVPRO 3B

These are the general issues that I have encountered while studying
the 2019 Amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure:

1. In order to fully understand the amendments that were done on the

Rules of Civil Procedure, it is important to know or master the 1997
version. Reading the amendments without having studied the 1997
Rules of Civil Procedure was a difficult task since most of the
provisions are new to me, as I have not taken Civil Procedure before.
I had to compare the old version to the new one, and it could have
been better if I have already studied the past version for me to grasp
the changes made.
2. Studying the 2019 Amendments could be done better if accompanied
with cases, in order to see the application of the new procedures. We
may be able to see why the Court decided to change a certain
procedure because it has been exhibited in past cases, and we can
also see how the changes could affect court proceedings at present.
3. In studying the 2019 Amendments, it could be helpful to divide the
entire text into each Rule. Through such an act, it would be easier to
understand and master, instead of reading the entire 2019
Amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure. As such, it could also
be more convenient to crosscheck the amended rule from the old
version of it.
4. Thinking of the reasons why these changes are made to the 1997
Rules on Civil Procedure has aided me in understanding the
amendments. It is very important to know what were the
advancements in technology that the Supreme Court took into
 consideration and the developments in the Philippine legal system
that could have affected the amendments.
5. It is vital to have an annotated book alongside the 2019 Amendments.
As I have stated earlier, I haven’t taken up Civil Procedure in the
past, so I do not understand a lot of provisions. Whenever I don’t
understand a certain provision, I could just go and check the book by
Dean Riano and read further. This has helped me understand the
amendments.