G.R. No. L-34091 – 195 Phil. 719 – 49 SCRA 221 – Legal Ethics – Appointment of Counsel de Oficio Judicial Ethics – Impartiality – Judicial Impropriety George Daeng and three other were prisoners in the New Bilibid Prison. They were accused of killing another inmate hence they were charged […]
Judicial Ethics
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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 sala […]
A.M. No. P-07-2404 – 564 Phil. 620 – 540 SCRA 42 – Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – Simple Neglect – Civil Service Political Law – Administrative Law – Civil Service – Tardiness and Absences An anonymous letter-complaint was sent by the employees of the Supreme Court based in Davao […]
A.M. No. 227-RTJ – 145 SCRA 1 – Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – Liability of Judges for Erroneous Decisions There are two administrative cases against Judge Ildefonso Bleza here. Case 1 In 1981, a shooting incident in a cockpit occurred where Gregorio Abad, a colonel escaped death. In that […]
A.M. No. 2026-CFI – 110 SCRA 388 – Civil Law – Succession – Will Should be Written in a Language Known to the Testator Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Rule 76 – Grounds for Disallowing Will – Will not Duly Executed; Extrinsic Validity Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – […]
A.M. No. 133-J – 199 Phil. 300 – 114 SCRA 77 – Political Law – Abrogation of Political Laws – Change of SovereignLegal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – Property Dealings of Judges Involving a Litigant’s PropertyCivil Law – Law on Sales – Contract of Sale – Subject Matter Under Litigation […]