A.C. No. 288-J – 156 Phil. 402 – 57 SCRA 403 – Legal Ethics – Lawyer owes fidelity to the courts Judicial Ethics – Errors in Judgments – Judges Not Liable If Malice/Gross Ignorance is Absent Atty. Gaudencio Urbina and Atty. Vedasto Gesmundo lost a case filed in the […]
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READ CASE DIGEST HERE. Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC A.C. No. 180 June 30, 1956 LUIS N. DE LEON, complainant, vs. JOSE Y. TORRES, respondent. D E C I S I O N LABRADOR, J.: The respondent in the above-entitled administrative case is charged […]
Adm. Case No. 180 – 99 Phil. 463 – Legal Ethics – Duty to Respect Court Orders In 1953, Atty. Jose Torres sent a telegram to Judge Luis De Leon threatening him that if the judge won’t lift his order of arrest, he shall file criminal, civil and administrative […]
GR No. L-14277 – 107 Phil. 1140 – Legal Ethics – Duty to the Court – Strong Language by a Lawyer against a Judge Atty. Manuel Fernandez won a civil case for his client Florentino Perreyras however, Florentino died without paying Fernandez. Fernandez then assisted the eldest child of […]