Latest Digests
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710Legal and Judicial EthicsAtty. Angeles, Jr. v. Atty. Bagay, A.C. No. 8103
A person who is commissioned as a notary public takes full responsibility for all the entries in his notarial register. He cannot...
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500Legal and Judicial EthicsRigon, Jr. v. Atty. Subia, A.C. No. 10249
A lawyer, who is commissioned as a notary public, has the duty to exercise utmost diligence and to discharge with faithfulness the...
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586Legal and Judicial EthicsAlmario v. Atty. Llera-Agno, A.C. No. 10689
A document should not be notarized unless the person/s who is/are executing it is/are personally or physically present before the notary public....
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453Legal and Judicial EthicsPico v. Judge Combong, Jr., A.M. No. RTJ-91-764
Granting the application for bail and fixing the amount thereof, absent any taking of evidence as to whether or not the guilt...
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338Legal and Judicial EthicsImbang v. Judge Del Rosario, A.M. No. 03-1515-MTJ
The office of the judge requires him to obey all the lawful orders of his superiors. It is gross misconduct, even outright...
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612Legal and Judicial EthicsSandoval v. CA and Tan, G.R. No. 106657
The principle that approximates the situation obtaining herein is the disqualification of a judge from deciding a case where his "ruling in...
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334Legal and Judicial EthicsHurtado v. Judalena and Hon. Gonong, G.R. No. L-40603
Sec. 1, Rule 137 of the Rules of Court, in no uncertain terms, expressly prohibits a judge or judicial officer from sitting...
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312Legal and Judicial EthicsReyes v. Judge Paderanga, A.M. No. RTJ-06-1973
It is basic that the active participation of a party in a case pending against him before a court is tantamount to...
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1.3KLegal and Judicial EthicsMateo, Jr., et al. v. Hon. Villaluz, G.R. Nos. L-34756-59
Lower court judges are well-advised to limit themselves to the task of adjudication and to leave to others the role of notarizing...
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1.4KLegal and Judicial EthicsHon. Aguinaldo, et al. v. Pres. Aquino III, et al., G.R. No. 224302
In a string of cases, the Supreme Court has said that bias and prejudice, to be considered valid reasons for the voluntary...
