Remedial Law, 2020 Bar — Question 10

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On her deathbed, your grandmother revealed to you that in 1994, she and her family won a civil action for damages against a former President for human rights atrocities committed against them during martial law. The judgment was never appealed. Your grandmother informed you that she never had the judgment executed because she wanted this to be her parting gift for you when she passed. She said that she also felt the need to wait for one of her grandchildren to become a lawyer. It so happened that you have just passed the #BestBarEver2020_21. Your grandmother spent her last moments narrating how she had been arrested by the military during martial law, and was then tortured and raped while under detention. She emphasized that her case was not unique, and that until now, she was yet to receive an apology from any member of the former President’s family. With her last breath, she instructed you not to let her experience happen again. Her parting words to you were: “Never again!” Is an action for revival of judgment the proper remedy to enable the judgment’s execution? Explain briefly.

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