LIBERAL INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF THE RULES

The liberality in the interpretation and application of the rules applies only in proper cases and under justifiable causes and circumstances.  While it is true that litigation is not a game of technicalities, it is equally true that every case must be prosecuted in accordance with the prescribed procedure to insure an orderly and speedy administration of justice (Don Tino Realty and Development Corporation v. Florentino, 372 Phil. 882, 890-891 (1999) cited in Emerita Munoz vs. ATTY. VICTORIANO R. YABUT, JR. and SAMUEL GO CHAN, G.R. No.  142676, June 6, 2011, LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.).