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 charges […]
Legal Ethics
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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 Perreyras […]
G.R. No. L-35469 – 154 SCRA 593 – 238 Phil. 580 – Legal Ethics – Speedy and Proper Administration of Justice Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Land Registration; Failure to Register – Laches – Prescriptive Period of questioning Torrens title In 1926, Melchor Zerna won a land […]
58 Phil. 557 – Legal Ethics – Doing of Falsehood in Court Atty. Jose Topacio Nueno was a board member of Manila. He filed a complaint against his fellow board member Atty. Pascual Santos for the latter’s alleged connection in illegal gambling particularly in the game of chance called “monte”; […]
A.M. No. 26 – 84 Phil. 178 – Legal Ethics – Misappropriation of Client’s Funds In 1947, Ramon de la Rama filed a civil suit involving a lease contract against Hanz Galewsky and Fred Redfern. Hanz and Fred were represented by Atty. Jose Topacio Nueno. While the case was pending, […]
A.C. No. 2152 – 196 SCRA 10 – Legal Ethics – A lawyer shall do no falsehood In 1966, Atty. Escolastico Viola assisted Felicidad Alvendia et al. in filing a petition against Teodoro Chavez where he sought to have the Alvendias be declared as bona fide lessees in a land […]
G.R. No. L-27654 – 31 SCRA 562 – Legal Ethics – The Lawyer and the Courts – A Lawyer’s Right to Criticize the Courts; When not proper Atty. Vicente Raul Almacen was the counsel of Virginia Yaptinchay in a civil case. They lost in said civil case but Almacen filed […]
G.R. No. L-22320 – 24 SCRA 219 – 132 Phil. 120 – Legal Ethics – Counsel’s Assertiveness; When improper A civil case was filed by Ricardo Hermoso against Damaso Perez for the latter’s failure to pay a debt of P17k. Hermoso won and a writ of execution was issued in […]
A.M. No. 434 – Legal Ethics – Practice of Law – Attorney’s Fees; Attorney’s Lien Atty. Casiano Laput used to be the counsel for Nieves Barrera until the latter discharged him of his services because she lost trust and confidence in him due to dubious transactions that Laput handled while […]
G.R. No. L-35113 – 159 Phil. 856 – 63 SCRA 257 – Legal Ethics – A lawyer owes candor to the court An order to demolish the property where Eugenio Cuaresma was staying was issued by a trial judge pursuant to a civil case filed by Marcelo Daquis. Cuaresma’s lawyer, […]
A.M. No. 219 – 116 Phil. 371 – 6 SCRA 45 – Legal Ethics – Professional Ethics – Lawyers Stealing Clients In 1952, Atty. Casiano Laput was retained by Nieves Barrera as counsel in a testate proceeding. He remained as counsel for three years. But in January 1955, Atty. Fortunato […]
A.M. No. 2266 – 125 SCRA 293 – 210 Phil. 236 – Legal Ethics – Practice of Law; Isolated Practice of Law In 1981, Herminio Noriega filed a disbarment case against Atty. Emmanuel Sison. Noriega alleged that Sison as a hearing officer of the Securities and Exchange Commission is not […]
G.R. No. L-19450 – 121 Phil. 894 – 14 SCRA 109 – Legal Ethics – Practice of Law; Private Practice of Law – Isolated Appearance of a Public Prosecutor In 1959, Simplicio Villanueva was charged with Malicious Mischief in Alaminos, Laguna. In that case, the private offended party asked his […]
G.R. No. L-15742 – 110 Phil. 1010 – Legal Ethics – Libelous Language Criminal Law – Crimes Against Honor – Libel – Pleadings in court are privileged communication Atty. Miguel Tolentino and Atty. Cirilo Baylosis were opposing counsels in a civil case. It appears that Tolentino’s clients died and he […]
G.R. No. L-62449 – 130 SCRA 465 – Legal Ethics – Libelous Conduct – Duty of Lawyers to Fellow Lawyers Criminal Law – Book II – Crimes Against Honor – Libel – Court pleadings are exempt from libel; Privileged Communication Atty. Raul Sesbreno and Atty. Ramon Ceniza were opposing counsels […]
A.C. No. 778 – 63 Phil. 293 – Legal Ethics – Mutual Bickering Between Lawyers Atty. Javier was the lawyer of Severina Teodoro in a civil case where Severina won. The court awarded P195.00 in her favor and said amount was delivered by the opposing party to Javier as Severina’s […]