G.R. No. 249374 – Criminal Law – Book II – Crimes Against Property – Estafa; Construction Business; Practice without license – RA 4566 Ernesto Mallari is the owner of E.S. Mallari Trading and Construction Co. He entered into a construction agreement with Spouses Rodolfo and Cynthia Yumang for the […]
Daily Archives: February 13, 2025
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A.C. No. 11863 – Legal Ethics – Diligence and Punctuality – Grossly Negligent Lawyer May Be Disbarred In 1998, Evelyn Bratschi engaged the services of Atty. Robert Peneyra for him to be her defense counsel in a falsification case. Evelyn paid the acceptance fee and also paid Peneyra’s appearance […]
A.C. No. 5169 – 377 Phil. 1 – Legal Ethics – Duties of Lawyers; Due Diligence In 1987, Elmo Moton filed a civil case in Quezon City. His counsel was Atty. Raymundo Cadiao. During the scheduled pre-trial, Atty. Cadiao failed to appear hence the case was dismissed. The dismissal […]
A.C. No. 6297 – 478 Phil. 239 – 434 SCRA 179 – Legal Ethics – Duties of a lawyer; Lawyer must be diligent In October 2001, Dolores Pariñas engaged the services of Atty. Oscar Paguinto for purposes of filing a petition for the annulment of her marriage in Manila. […]