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Duty
Duty
Duty
Duty
Duty
Generally
A Lawyer shall not reject the cause of the defenseless
A Lawyer shall not refuse to render legal advice
Participating in legal development
Lawyer shall keep abreast of legal developments
Mandatory continuing legal education
Generally
Candor, fairness and truthfulness should characterize relations
A Lawyer shall use temperate language
A Lawyer shall not encroach upon business of another
Negotiation with opposite party
Association as a colleague in a case
5.02
5.03
5.04
5.05
A
A
A
A
Lawyer
Lawyer
Lawyer
Lawyer
IN
SPEEDY
AND
EFFICIENT
5.33
5.34
5.35
5.36
5.37
5.38
5.39
6.0.
NATURE
RELATIONSHIP
AND
CREATION
A. NATURE OF RELATION
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OF
ATTORNEY-CLIENT
6.01
6.02
6.03
6.04
B. RETAINER OR EMPLOYMENT
6.05
6.06
6.07
6.08
6.09
Generally
Necessity of retainer
Sufficiency of professional employment
Employment of law firm
Who can employ attorney
Generally
Lawyer shall ascertain possible conflict of interests
Duty to decline employment
A Lawyer shall preserve the secrets of a prospective client
Ethical considerations in taking bad case
Generally
A Lawyer shall perform duty within the law
A Lawyer shall give candid advice on merits of case
Duty to comply with clients lawful request
Duty to restrain client from impropriety
A Lawyer shall not undertake influence-peddling
Generally
Duration and extent of lawyers duty to safeguard clients interest
A Lawyer shall render service only when qualified to do so
A Lawyer shall not handle a case without adequate preparation
Preparation of pleadings
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Generally
Dealings with client closely scrutinized
Abuse of clients confidence
Rebates and commissions
A Lawyer shall not borrow from, nor lend money to client
9.06 A Lawyer
9.07 A Lawyer
secrets
9.08 A Lawyer
9.09 A Lawyer
Requisites of privilege
Relation of attorney and client
Confidentiality
Form or mode of communication
Persons entitled to claim privilege
Application of rule
Privileged matters
Matters not privileged
A Lawyer shall not reveal clients confidence
B. AUTHORITY TO APPEAR
11.07
11.08
11.09
11.10
11.11
11.12
11.13
11.14
Generally
Appearance
General and special appearance
Presumption of authority
Presumption disputable
Disclosure of authority
Effects of unauthorized appearance
Ratification of unauthorized appearance
C. CONDUCT OF LITIGATION
11.15
11.16
11.17
11.18
11.19
11.20
11.21
11.22
11.23
11.24
11.25
11.26
11.27
Generally
Determination of procedural questions
Making admissions
Entering into stipulations
Agreement as to what witness would testify
Compromise of cause of action
Effect of want of special authority
Ratification of unauthorized compromise
Confession of judgment
Dismissal of action or withdrawal of appeal
Clients right to dismiss or compromise action
Limitations on clients right
Authority after judgment
12.03
12.04
12.05
12.06
12.07
12.08
12.09
12.10
Change of counsel
Requirements for substitution
Defective substitution and effects thereof
Employment of additional counsel
Generally
Right to protection of counsel fees
Requisites for right to accrue
Written agreement
Quantum meruit
Who is liable for attorneys fees
Liability of persons benefited by counsels services
Liability of assignee
Liability in labor cases
Liability in derivative suits
Liability in receivership proceedings
Liability in trusteeship or guardianship proceedings
Liability in estate proceedings
Who are entitled to or to share in attorneys fees
Non-lawyer not entitled to fees
Restrictions on some lawyers to charge fees
Right of counsel de oficio to fees
Attorneys conduct affecting his right to fees
Withdrawal of counsel from the case
Representation of adverse interests
Lawyers right unaffected by clients conduct
Attorneys discharge by client
Clients dismissal of action
Clients compromise of action
Generally
Kinds of retainer: general and special
Validity of contract
Effect of nullity of contract
Effect of unconscionability of amount
Contingent fee contract
Validity of contingent fee
Effect of agreement to pay litigation expenses
Construction of professional contract
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C. MEASURE OF COMPENSATION
13.34 Amount fixed in valid contract
13.35 Amount based on quantum meruit
13.36 Where agreement is invalid
13.37 Where amount stipulated is unconscionable
13.38 Where there is no express contract
13.39 Where attorney and client disregard contract
13.40 Where counsel is precluded from concluding litigation
13.41 Factors taken into account
13.42 Nature of services
13.43 Skill and standing of attorney
13.44 Value of interest involved
13.45 Loss of opportunity for other employment
13.46 Difficulty of issues involved
13.47 Test case
13.48 Results secured
13.49 Whether fee is contingent
13.50 Capacity of clients to pay
13.51 Statutory limitation as to fees
13.52 Fees in cases of referral
13.53 A Lawyer shall not receive fee from another without clients
consent
13.54 A Lawyer shall avoid controversies with clients concerning his
fees
D. PROCEDURE TO RECOVER FEES
13.55
13.56
13.57
13.58
13.59
13.60
13.61
13.62
13.63
Generally
Lawyers application to pay his fees
Petition as incident of main action
Independent civil action
Remedies in estate proceedings
Court jurisdiction
Necessity of hearing
Defenses
Execution
14.03
14.04
14.05
14.06
14.07
14.08
14.09
14.10
Definition
Nature and essence of retaining lien
Requisites for validity
Property to which lien attaches
When lien attaches
Bond for return of documents
Extinguishment of retaining lien
Satisfaction of lien
C. CHARGING LIEN
14.11
14.12
14.13
14.14
14.15
14.16
14.17
14.18
14.19
B. CRIMINAL LIABILITY
15.07
15.08
15.09
15.10
C. CONTEMPT OF COURT
15.11 Nature and purpose
15.12 Kinds of contempt
15.13 Acts constituting contempt
15.14 Misbehavior
15.15 Disobedience
15.16 Publication concerning pending litigation
15.17 Publication tending to degrade the court; disrespectful language
in pleadings
15.18 Misleading the court or obstructing justice
15.19 Unauthorized practice of law
15.20 Belligerent attitude
15.21 Unlawful retention of clients funds
15.22 Penalty for direct contempt; remedy
15.23 Charge and hearing in indirect contempt
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15.24 Penalty
16.0. SUSPENSION AND DISBARMENT
A. IN GENERAL
16.01
16.02
16.03
16.04
16.05
Generally
Authority to discipline
Purpose of disciplinary proceedings
Administrative cases against lawyers a class of their own
Duty to discipline or protect lawyers
Generally
Enumerated grounds not exclusive
Misconduct before or incident to admission
Misconduct committed outside Philippine jurisdiction
Generally
Obstructing justice and abuse of legal process
Misleading the court
Forum shopping
Preferring false charges
Introducing false evidence
Blackmail; Violation of Canon 19
Willfully disobeying court orders and disrespect to court
Using vicious or disrespectful language
Continuing to practice after suspension
Generally
Negligence in the performance of duties
Employment of unlawful means
Deceit or misrepresentation
Representing adverse interests and revealing clients secrets
Purchasing clients property in litigation
Failing to account or misappropriating clients property
Collecting unreasonable fees
Acting without authority
Willfully appearing without being retained
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Nature of proceedings
Proceedings are confidential
Who and how instituted
Action on, and investigation of, complaint
Report of investigator and decision by Board of Governors
Proceedings in the Supreme Court and by other courts
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Defenses generally
Executive pardon
Desistance of complainant
Privileged communications
Presumption; burden of proof; evidence required
Modifying circumstances
Judgment
Dismissal of case
Disciplinary sanctions; basic considerations
Effects of suspension or disbarment
Reinstatement
Matters taken into account
Effect of reinstatement
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