Technicalities and Litigation

1. Litigations should, as much as possible, be decided on their

merits and not-on technicality. De las Alas et al. vs. Court of
Appeals et al., p. 218.
2. The rules of procedure ought not to be applied in a rigid,
technical sense; rules of procedure are used only to help
secure, not override, substantial justice. If a technical and
rigid enforcement of the rules is made, their aim would be
defeated.id.
3. No vested right in technicalities. Id.
4. The Rules of Court should not be interpreted to sacrifice
substantial rights of a litigant at the altar of technicalities to
the consequent impairment of the sacred principle of justice.
The Rules of Court frown upon hair-splitting technicalities
that do not square with their liberal tendency and with the
ends of justice. Gapoy vs. Adil et al., p. 259.