Am 04-1-12 PDF
Am 04-1-12 PDF
EN BANC
RESOLUTION
TO : The Regional Trial Courts of Pampanga in San Fernando and of
Negros Occidental in Bacolod, and the Municipal Trial Courts in
the Cities of San Fernando and Bacolod
I. Background
The Justice Reform Initiatives Support Project (JURIS) is a ve-year bilateral
project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) which seeks
to support the implementation by the Supreme Court of the Philippines' Action
Program for Judicial Reform (APJR).
The goals of JURIS are to strengthen and promote more effective use of
alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms, improve access to justice and
support advocacy for reform. In connection with the effective use of ADR, the approach
which JURIS has adopted to strengthen ADR involves a bold and ambitious plan to
showcase new ADR approaches in up to 14 model court sites in the Philippines. There
will initially be 2 model court sites set-up in Pampanga and Bacolod by November
2003.
II. Concept
The Project intends to strengthen conciliation at the pre-trial stage as a means of
expediting the resolution of cases and decongesting court dockets, after court-
annexed mediation has failed, by utilizing the following models:
(1) The use of the pre-trial judge who will conciliate between the parties.
(2) The use of the pre-trial judge as an early neutral evaluator.
(3) The use of the pre-trial judge as mediator. TaDSCA
VI.Settlement
If settlement is reached at the post mediation pre-trial stage, the pre-trial judge
shall ask the parties, with the assistance of their counsel, to draft the compromise
agreement for submission to and approval by the court for a judgment upon a
compromise.
However, the parties may submit to the Court a satisfaction of claims and mutual
withdrawal of the complaint and counterclaim upon which the Court shall enter an order
dismissing the case.
Footnotes
1. Amended, please see En Banc Resolution dated June 15, 2004 in A.M. No. 04-1-12-SC on p.
50.