Legal Ethics Compiled Reports
CANONS 1- 6 (Group I: Agbisit, Fernandez, Sia, Sotelo)
LAWYER’S DUTY TO THE SOCIETY
I. BACKGROUND
Before promulgation of the Code, the Supreme Court promulgated Rule 139-B (Disbarment and Discipline of Attorneys) of the Revised Rules of Court, which granted the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) the concurrent power to investigate its members, with the final authority to suspend and disbar to the Supreme Court.
It was in 1980 when the Code of Professional Responsibility (CPR) was drafted by the IBP Committee on Responsibility, Discipline and Disbarment, as chaired by Dean Irene Cortes, later appointed as Associated Justice of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court approved and promulgated it on June 21, 1988.
Code binding on all lawyers
The Code is binding all lawyers in the country since it was promulgated in the exercise of the constitutional authority of the Supreme Court concerning the admission to the practice of law, Art. VIII, Section 5[5], i.e.
“Section 5. The Supreme Court shall have the following powers: xxx 5. Promulgate rules concerning the protection and enforcement of constitutional rights, pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts, the admission to the practice of law, the integrated bar, and legal assistance to the under-privileged. Such rules shall provide a simplified and inexpensive procedure for the speedy disposition of cases, shall be uniform for all courts of the same grade, and shall not diminish, increase, or modify substantive rights. Rules of procedure of special courts and quasi-judicial bodies shall remain effective unless disapproved by the Supreme Court.”
It then follows that the Canons like the Rules of Court has the force and effect of law and any breach will construe liability for disciplinary action for professional misconduct.
Duties of Attorneys Spread in the Code of Professional Responsibility
The duties of the attorney as provided in the Rules of Court are expressed implied or incorporated in the
LAWYER’S DUTY TO THE SOCIETY
I. BACKGROUND
Before promulgation of the Code, the Supreme Court promulgated Rule 139-B (Disbarment and Discipline of Attorneys) of the Revised Rules of Court, which granted the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) the concurrent power to investigate its members, with the final authority to suspend and disbar to the Supreme Court.
It was in 1980 when the Code of Professional Responsibility (CPR) was drafted by the IBP Committee on Responsibility, Discipline and Disbarment, as chaired by Dean Irene Cortes, later appointed as Associated Justice of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court approved and promulgated it on June 21, 1988.
Code binding on all lawyers
The Code is binding all lawyers in the country since it was promulgated in the exercise of the constitutional authority of the Supreme Court concerning the admission to the practice of law, Art. VIII, Section 5[5], i.e.
“Section 5. The Supreme Court shall have the following powers: xxx 5. Promulgate rules concerning the protection and enforcement of constitutional rights, pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts, the admission to the practice of law, the integrated bar, and legal assistance to the under-privileged. Such rules shall provide a simplified and inexpensive procedure for the speedy disposition of cases, shall be uniform for all courts of the same grade, and shall not diminish, increase, or modify substantive rights. Rules of procedure of special courts and quasi-judicial bodies shall remain effective unless disapproved by the Supreme Court.”
It then follows that the Canons like the Rules of Court has the force and effect of law and any breach will construe liability for disciplinary action for professional misconduct.
Duties of Attorneys Spread in the Code of Professional Responsibility
The duties of the attorney as provided in the Rules of Court are expressed implied or incorporated in the