A.C. No. 620 – 155 Phil. 33 – 56 SCRA 30 – Legal Ethics – Duty of a lawyer to update his client of the status of the case Jose Alcala engaged the services of Atty. Honesto De Vera to defend him in a civil case. On April 17, […]
Monthly Archives: November 2015
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We have seen the MCQ come and go. Prior to that, we have seen memorandum writing and opinion writing too in the 2011 bar exams. These innovations were supposedly introduced in order to increase the bar exams passing rate. Interestingly though, and perhaps even ironically, even though the 2011 […]
Rules of Court are liberally construed in quasi-judicial proceedings but strictly adhered to in regular court proceedings G.R. No. 101699 – 325 Phil. 145 – 254 SCRA 673 – Remedial Law – Civil Procedure – Service of Summons – Jurisdiction over the person In 1986, Gil Abaño, the […]
A notarial will must have a documentary stamp Without a documentary stamp, it is not admissible in evidence in a probate proceeding At any rate, the documentary stamp may be affixed at the time the taxable document is presented in evidence, not necessarily at the execution of the […]