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FIRST DIVISION
[ G.R. No. 212050, January 15, 2020 ]
QUINTIN ARTACHO LLORENTE, PETITIONER, VS. STAR CITY PTY
LIMITED, REPRESENTED BY THE JIMENO AND COPE LAW OFFICES
AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 212216, January 15, 2020]
STAR CITY PTY LIMITED, REPRESENTED BY THE JIMENO COPE &
DAVID LAW OFFICES AS ITS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, PETITIONER, VS.
QUINTIN ARTACHO LLORENTE AND EQUITABLE PCI BANK (NOW
BDO UNIBANK, INC.), RESPONDENTS.
DECISION
CAGUIOA, J:
Before the Court are petitions for review on certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of
Court respectively filed by petitioner Quintin Llorente (Llorente) in G.R. No. 212050 and
petitioner Star City Pty Limited (SCPL) in G.R. No. 212216 assailing the Decision[2]
dated September 30, 2013 (Decision) and the Resolution[3] dated April 10, 2014 of the
Court of Appeals[4] (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 94736. The CA Decision affirmed with
modification the Decision[5] dated April 16, 2009 rendered by the Regional Trial Court,
Branch 134, City of Makati (RTC) in Civil Case No. 02-1423. The CA Resolution dated
April 10, 2014 denied the motions for reconsideration filed by Llorente and SCPL.
The Facts and Antecedent Proceedings
The CA Decision narrates the factual antecedents as follows:
x x x [SCPL] is an Australian corporation which operates the Star City Casino
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Claiming that it is not doing business
in the Philippines and is suing for an isolated transaction, it filed on 25
November 2002 through its attorney-in-fact, Jimeno Jalandoni and Cope Law
Offices, a complaint for collection of sum of money with prayer for
preliminary attachment against x x x Llorente, who was a patron of its Star
City casino and Equitable PCI Bank (EPCIB, for brevity). This case was
docketed as Civil Case No. 02-1423 and raffled to Branch 134 of the
Regional Trial Court (RTC) in the City of Makati.
[SCPL] alleged that Llorente is one of the numerous patrons of its casino in
Sydney, Australia. As such, he maintained therein Patron Account Number
471741. On 12 July 2000, he negotiated two (2) Equitable PCI bank drafts
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