Blog Posts on legal ethics
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Court Cleansing: Three Employees Dismissed; 11 Others Disciplined by My Concluding Quest on Apr 30, 2012Court Cleansing: Three Employees Dismissed; 11 Others DisciplinedBy Anna Katrina M. Martinez“It cannot be overstressed that the image of a court of justice is mirrored in the conduct, official or otherwise, of the personnel who work thereat, from t...
SC Issues New Guidelines on Jail Visitation and Inspection by judges by My Concluding Quest on Apr 28, 2012SC Issues New Guidelines on Jail Visitation and Inspection by judgesBy Arcie M. SercadoThe Supreme Court has issued new guidelines to Judges on jail visitation and inspection, adopting a uniform procedure in the conduct of jail visitation and inspect...
SC Denies MR of CA Justices by My Concluding Quest on Apr 28, 2012SC Denies MR of CA JusticesBy Jay B. RempilloThe Supreme Court has denied with finality the motions for reconsideration of four of the Court of Appeals (CA) justices found to have committed irregularities and improprieties in the handling of the case...
Court Cleansing: SC Continues Purging its Ranks, CA Justice Among Casualties by My Concluding Quest on Apr 26, 2012Court Cleansing: SC Continues Purging its Ranks, CA Justice Among CasualtiesBy Jay B. RempilloAside from the dismissal of Court of Appeals Justice Vicente Q. Roxas and the suspension and reprimand of four other CA Justices, including Presiding Justic...
Melo vs Court of Appeals by Uber Digests on Apr 20, 2012Legal Ethics – 115 SCRA 272 – 318 SCRA 94 – Forum Shopping Arsenia Coronel incurred a P60k loan from the Rural Bank of Mabalacat. To secure the loan, she mortgaged her property. She was not able to pay the loan hence her property was foreclos...
Borlongan vs Buenaventura by Uber Digests on Apr 20, 2012Legal Ethics – 483 SCRA 405 – Attorney – Client Relationship – Dead Client In 2001, Teodoro Borlongan, president of Urban Bank Inc. filed a complaint before the Ombudsman against Rafael Buenaventura, the governor of the Banko Sentral, and o...
Agustin vs Atty. Empleo by Uber Digests on Apr 20, 2012Legal Ethics – 484 SCRA 91 –Duty of a lawyer in a client’s compromise agreement Julius Agustin was sued for Forcible Entry with Damages. He hired the services of Atty. Enrique Empleo. In 1998, the trial court ordered the parties to submit the...
BORLONGAN vs BUENAVENTURA by Case Digests on Apr 20, 2012Read case digest here. Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila FIRST DIVISION G.R. No. 167234 27 February 2006 TEODORO C. BORLONGAN, Petitioner, versus RAFAEL B. BUENAVENTURA and NORBERTO C. NAZARENO, Respondents. YNARES-...
MELO cs CA by Case Digests on Apr 20, 2012Read case digest here. Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila SECOND DIVISION G.R. No. 123686 16 November 1999 SPS. APOLINARIO MELO and LILIA T. MELO, and JULIA BARRETO, petitioners vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS and ARSE...
US vs DURBAN by Case Digests on Apr 20, 2012Read case digest here. Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC G.R. No. 12510 27 August 1917 THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CESAREO DURBAN, defendant-appellant. D E C I S I O N STREET, J.: I...
