G.R. No. 123686 – 318 SCRA 94 – Legal Ethics – Duties to the Court – Forum Shopping Arsenia Coronel incurred a P60k loan from the Rural Bank of Mabalacat. To secure the loan, she mortgaged her property. She was not able to pay the loan hence her property […]
Daily Archives: April 20, 2012
G.R. No. 167234 – 483 SCRA 405 – Legal Ethics – Death terminates Attorney-Client Relationship – Dead Client In 2001, Teodoro Borlongan, president of Urban Bank Inc. filed a complaint before the Ombudsman against Rafael Buenaventura, the governor of the Banko Sentral, and one Norberto Nazareno, president of the […]
A.C. NO. 6986 – 484 SCRA 91 – Legal Ethics – Duty of a lawyer in a client’s compromise agreement Julius Agustin was sued for Forcible Entry with Damages. He hired the services of Atty. Enrique Empleo. In 1998, the trial court ordered the parties to submit their compromise […]
G.R. No. L-12510 – 36 Phil 797 – Legal Ethics – Unauthorized Practice of Law In 1914, a lawyer named Salvador Laguda filed a petition before the Iloilo CFI recommending that he is appointing Cesareo Durban as his procurador judicial (legal representative). The judge of the CFI approved the […]