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CANON 14
A lawyer shall not refuse his services to the needy.
The relation of attorney and client may be created not only by the voluntary agreement between them but also by the appointment of an attorney as counsel de oficio for a poor or indigent litigant, and the attorney so appointed has as high a duty to the indigent as to his paying client.
Rule 14.01. | A lawyer shall not decline to represent a person solely on account of the latter’s 1. race 2. sex 3. creed, or 4. status of life, or 5. because of his own opinion regarding the guilt of said person. |
Rule 1138, S. 20(h). Duty of attorneys: x x x never to reject, for any consideration personal to himself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed. Rule 138, s.20 (i). In the defense of a person accused of a crime, by all fair and honorable means, regardless of his personal opinion to the guilt of the accused to present every evidence that the law permits, to the end that no person may be deprived of life or liberty, but by due process of law. Rule 14.01 however is not applicable in civil cases because of obvious reasons. It is the lawyer’s duty – “(c) To counsel or maintain such actions or proceedings only as appear o him to be just, and such defenses only as he believes to be honestly debatable under the law.” (Rule 138, section 20 (c), RRC) when the lawyer signs a complaint or answer, his signature is deemed a certification by him “that he has read the pleading; that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, there is good ground to support xxx” (Rule 7, Section 5, ROC). For violating this rule, the lawyer may be subjected to disciplinary action. Rule 14.02. | A lawyer shall not decline, except for serious and sufficient cause, an appointment as counsel de officio or as amicus curiae, or a request from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines or any of its chapters for rendition of free legal aid. |
I. COUNSEL DE OFFICIO
A lawyer shall not refuse his services to the needy.
The relation of attorney and client may be created not only by the voluntary agreement between them but also by the appointment of an attorney as counsel de oficio for a poor or indigent litigant, and the attorney so appointed has as high a duty to the indigent as to his paying client.
Rule 14.01. | A lawyer shall not decline to represent a person solely on account of the latter’s 1. race 2. sex 3. creed, or 4. status of life, or 5. because of his own opinion regarding the guilt of said person. |
Rule 1138, S. 20(h). Duty of attorneys: x x x never to reject, for any consideration personal to himself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed. Rule 138, s.20 (i). In the defense of a person accused of a crime, by all fair and honorable means, regardless of his personal opinion to the guilt of the accused to present every evidence that the law permits, to the end that no person may be deprived of life or liberty, but by due process of law. Rule 14.01 however is not applicable in civil cases because of obvious reasons. It is the lawyer’s duty – “(c) To counsel or maintain such actions or proceedings only as appear o him to be just, and such defenses only as he believes to be honestly debatable under the law.” (Rule 138, section 20 (c), RRC) when the lawyer signs a complaint or answer, his signature is deemed a certification by him “that he has read the pleading; that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, there is good ground to support xxx” (Rule 7, Section 5, ROC). For violating this rule, the lawyer may be subjected to disciplinary action. Rule 14.02. | A lawyer shall not decline, except for serious and sufficient cause, an appointment as counsel de officio or as amicus curiae, or a request from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines or any of its chapters for rendition of free legal aid. |
I. COUNSEL DE OFFICIO