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This document summarizes a 2009 Supreme Court decision regarding whether a foundation working for indigent people could be granted the same exemption from legal fees as indigent individuals. The Court ruled that only natural persons can be considered "indigent" under the free access clause of the Constitution. While the Good Shepherd Foundation works to help the poor, as a corporation it has a separate legal personality from its members and directors. Therefore, it did not qualify for the fee exemption rese

Author

Angela B. Lumabas

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EN