A.C. No. 7136 – 555 Phil. 713; 104 OG No. 31 – 529 SCRA 1 – Legal Ethics – Propriety – Fidelity – Obedience to Law Remedial Law – Rules of Evidence – Admissions and Denials – Negative Pregnant Jose Emmanuel “Noli” Eala, a lawyer, is married to Mary Anne […]
Legal Ethics
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82 Phil. 595 – Legal Ethics – Canon II; Propriety – Contempt of Court – Press Freedom Senator Vicente Sotto, the principal author of the Press Freedom Law (Republic Act No. 53), publicly criticized the Supreme Court’s decision in In re Parazo, where a journalist was held in contempt for […]
A.C. No. 13521 – 943 Phil. 27 – Legal Ethics – Canon II; Propriety – Responsible Use of Social Media – Disrespectful Language – A lawyer may be preventively suspended by the Supreme Court On December 13, 2021, a video surfaced online showing Atty. Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon directing profane, misogynistic, […]
A.C. No. 11495 – Legal Ethics – CPRA; Canon II; Propriety – Improper Claim of Influence – Bribing Judges and Justices In 2015, Mark Sherwin Flores was convicted by the Manila RTC for violations of the Dangerous Drugs Act. Through his mother Norma Flores, he sought the services of Atty. […]
A.C. No. 13242 – 924 Phil. 596 – Legal Ethics – CPRA; Canon II; Propriety – Improper Claim of Influence – Fidelity; Deceitful Conduct Remedial Law – Evidence – Electronic Evidence – Text Messages; How Authenticated Feliza Asuncion married Julio Asuncion in 1983. However, without her first marriage being […]
A.C. No. 9354 – 860 Phil. 239 – Legal Ethics – CPRA; Propriety; Fidelity – A Serial Fraudster is not Fit to be a Lawyer – Lawyers Must Not Date Their Clients In May 1996, Marife Venzon engaged the legal services of Atty. Amador Peleo III for the declaration of […]
A.M. No. 01-12-03-SC – 434 Phil. 503 – Legal Ethics – CPRA; Canon II; Propriety – Sub-Judice Rule – Free Speech Not a Defense In 2001, Estrada vs Sandiganbayan was being heard by the Supreme Court. One of the issues raised in the case was the constitutionality of the Plunder […]
A.C. No. 13630 – Legal Ethics – CPRA; Canon III; Fidelity – Dishonesty; Non-existent cases; Defrauding clients Prohibition on Lending and Borrowing In 2012, Alifer Pante hired the services of Atty. Jose Allan Tebelin for an annulment of marriage case. The agreed price was Php200k. Pante was able to give […]
G.R. No. 267580 – Remedial Law – Civil Procedure – Rule 65; Petition for Certiorari – Extension of the 60-day period to file Legal Ethics – CPRA; Canon IV; Competence and Diligence – Lawyer’s Negligence – When not binding to client In 2019, Catalino Fajardo and his co-workers filed an […]
A.C. No. 9057 – 855 Phil. 743 – Legal Ethics – CPRA; Canon III; Fidelity – Duty of lawyers to uphold the constitution In 2011, Fiscal Zenaida Ferrer handed Arlene Bautista money for Arlene to loan to other people. When Arlene was not able to remit collections, Fiscal Ferrer went […]
A.M. No. RTJ-09-2200 – 731 Phil. 82 – 720 SCRA 319 – Legal Ethics; Judicial Ethics – CPRA; Canon II; Propriety – Responsible Use of Social Media – Posting of Sexually Suggestive Photos In 2008, Antonio Lorenzana filed several administrative complaints against Judge Ma. Cecilia Austria. One of the complaints […]
G.R. No. 227004 – Remedial Law – Civil Procedure – Rule 71; Contempt of Court – Material Allegations in a Petition for Contempt Legal Ethics – CPRA; Propriety – Sub Judice Rule – Restrictions Against Lawyers In 2010, Datu Andal Ampatuan, Jr. was charged with multiple murder for the death […]
A.C. No. 13226 – 930 Phil. 518 – Legal Ethics – Rule 138; Section 27 – Deceit – Use of fake court decision Jocelyn Bartolome and Atty. Remigio Rojas were college friends who rekindled their friendship in 2010 when they chanced each other online. Bartolome narrated to Rojas that she […]
A.C. No. 10372 – Legal Ethics – Rule 138; Sec. 27 – Disbarment; Failure to Comply – Required Sworn Statement of Non-Practice of Law before Re-admission Aurora Ladim and several of her co-employees filed an administrative case against Atty. Perla Ramirez for the latter’s ill-treatment against them and other tenants […]
A.C. No. 4355 – 868 Phil. 171 – Legal Ethics – CPRA; Canon 2; Propriety – Prohibition against self-promotion – Lawyering is not a business Atty. Aguirre was a lawyer for Tala Realties while Atty. Reyes was lawyering for the minority stockholders of BF Homes. In 1994, Atty. Pedro Aguirre […]
A.C. No. 13468 – Legal Ethics – CPRA – Canon II; Propriety – Improper claim of influence In 2014, Ryan Anthony Lim and his uncle were looking for a lawyer to assist them in filing a criminal complaint. Through a common friend, they were introduced to Atty. Carlo Marco Bautista […]