The Supreme Court (SC) will launch the first phase of its Unified Legal Aid Service (ULAS) Portal on March 3, 2026, introducing a centralized digital platform designed to streamline how lawyers report and monitor compliance with mandatory pro bono legal aid services for underprivileged Filipinos.
The Supreme Court (SC) has received new equipment from the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to strengthen the handling of digital evidence in Philippine cybercrime courts, as the judiciary moves to keep pace with increasingly technology-driven offenses.
Santiago Sillano, a senior engineer, developed several programs while working under JGC Philippines. When a dispute arose over who owned the software – Sillano claimed it was his, while JGC said it belonged to the company – Sillano activated security features that made the programs unusable.
The Supreme Court has amended the 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice to modernize and streamline notarial reporting, particularly the online submission of copies of notarial entries and instruments acknowledged by notaries public.
The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that letting customers listen to a short 20-second sample of a ringtone before buying it does not violate copyright laws as it dismissed the complaint of the Filipino Society of Composers and Publishers (Filscap) against Wolfpac Communications for copyright infringement and damages.
Before this change, the Rules of Civil Procedure did not cover special proceedings like annulment and nullity of marriage cases. The Office of the Court Administrator recommended their inclusion, noting that these cases follow similar procedures to civil actions.
The partnership aims to create an electronic verification and case and evidence management system, digitize court records, and train court personnel to implement these advancements.
The CALESA Digital is a program aimed at creating a digital legal framework in the country through the collaborative work of experts in the field of law and technology.
The Supreme Court said pilot testing of artificial intelligence (AI) software for voice-to-text transcription for court stenographers is underway in select first-and second-level courts. It is also developing new rules on e-notarization.
