Negotiable Instruments
Forgery, together with minority and material alteration of the instrument, are what kind of defenses?
Real defenses
What law protects the confidentiality of bank deposits in the Philippines?
Republic Act No. 1405, or the Bank Secrecy Law
Atty. Joanne is the Program Director for what program?
Legal Management Program
This type of filing applies to individual taxpayers receiving purely compensation income from their employers.
Substituted Filing
UA&P Law School was founded way back in...?
June 2014
This key legal standard requires a person to acquire a negotiable instrument for value, in good faith, before it was overdue, and without notice of any defect or dishonor.
Holder in Due Course
What is this bank? [Full name please.]
Development Bank of the Philippines
Give atleast 2 things Atty. Joanne likes (Either a thing, a color, or a creature).
Purple
Unicorns
Differentiate factum probans from factum probandum.
Factum probandum: Proof/ultimate fact
Factum probans: Evidentiary fact
Prior to Sir Christian, Dean's Executive Assistants were Ms. Lyla, Ms. Crista, followed by Sir Eadric. Who is then the newest addition as Dean's EA?
Sir Phoenix Lizardo
Section 29 defines this party as one who signs the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor, or indorser without receiving value therefor, for the purpose of lending his name to some other person.
Accommodation Party
The Monetary Board is under the what... is composed of how many members... and is headed by the...?
Central Bank or Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
7 members
Governor
Apart from UA&P Law, give atleast 1 law school where Atty. Joanne teaches.
Arellano University School of Law
ASCOT School of Law
Lyceum University School of Law - Makati
University of Makati School of Law
Who are the 5 impeachable officers?
• The President
• The Vice-President
• Members of the Supreme Court
• Members of the Constitutional Commissions
• The Ombudsman
UA&P Law School recently gained recognition as an independent school. Prior to this, it was called the Institute of Law under what?
School of Law and Governance
Under the NIL, this type of check has two parallel transverse lines drawn across its face, signaling that it can only be deposited into a bank account rather than encashed over the counter.
Crossed check
Give atleast 2 tools/remedies available to BSP to handle banks in financial distress?
The BSP may either appoint a conservator, or a receiver or direct the closure and liquidation.
Apart from Commercial Law 1, give the other law subject Atty. Joanne teaches this semester.
Corporation Law
What is the concept wherein a testator omits a compulsory heir in the direct line from a will?
Preterition
What year did UA&P Law achieved its 100% passing rate in the bar?
2022
Under Section 58, a holder who derives his title through a Holder in Due Course, and who is not himself a party to any fraud or illegality affecting the instrument, has all the rights of such HDC—a rule commonly known by this title.
Shelter Rule (or Shelter Principle)
What is the remedy available to the bank to set aside the order of the BSP designating a conservator, appointing a receiver, or directing the closure and liquidation of the bank?
Petition for Certiorari with the CA
Atty. Joanne co-authored a book together with Atty. Vien, which was released last June 2025. What is the title of the book?
Law on Corporate Securities
Give atleast 2 of the tests needed to be satisfied under the Four-Fold Test in the Labor Code.
• Selection and Engagement: Who holds the power to hire the worker?
• Payment of Wages: Who pays the worker's compensation?
• Power of Dismissal: Who has the authority to discipline or terminate the worker?
• Control Test: Does the employer control not only the desired result but also the manner and means used to achieve it?
How many students graduated from the very first batch of UA&P Law?
7 (Called the Magic 7)