Supreme Court Office of the Court Administrator Manila
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 120-2014
TO:
ALL JUDGES AND CLERKS OF COURT OF
SELECTED FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL COURTS IN QUEZON CITY, MAKATI CITY, ANGELES CITY, ILOILO CITY, DAVAO CITY, AND CEBU CITY
SUBJECT: PILOTING OF A NEW SYSTEM FOR SPEEDY COURT
TRIAL The Supreme Court En Banc, in a Resolution dated 18 March 2014 in A.M. No. 14-03-02-SC (Re: Program for Piloting and Assessing the Proposed Revised Rules of Civil Procedure), approved the Piloting of a New System for Speedy Court Trial, the full text of which is appended herein as Annex A. The rules of the new system shall apply to all civil actions which have not yet undergone pre-trial in the selected first- and second-level courts mentioned in said rules, and shall take effect on 23 February 2015. For your information, guidance, and strict compliance. 12 September 2014.