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2014-06-30 |
BRION, J. |
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| By jurisprudence, the phrase "improper conduct" refers to acts constituting gross disrespect to the court that detracts from the dignity and integrity of a court of justice.[146] Improper conduct may be in the form of unfair criticisms;[147] the continuing resistance to the Court's final judgment;[148] the employment of delaying tactics to obstruct the administration of justice[149] or otherwise unduly delaying the case;[150] and the violation of the sub judice rule.[151] | |||||
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2005-07-22 |
GARCIA, J. |
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| In Surigao Mineral Reservation Board vs. Cloribel,[22] Justice Sanchez further elucidated:A lawyer is an officer of the courts; he is, "like the court itself, an instrument or agency to advance the ends of justice." His duty is to uphold the dignity and authority of the courts to which he owes fidelity, "not to promote distrust in the administration of justice." Faith in the courts a lawyer should seek to preserve. For, to undermine the judicial edifice "is disastrous to the continuity of government and to the attainment of the liberties of the people." Thus has it been said of a lawyer that "[a]s an officer of the court, it is his sworn and moral duty to help build and not destroy unnecessarily that high esteem and regard towards the courts so essential to the proper administration of justice." | |||||
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2004-01-20 |
YNARES-SATIAGO, J. |
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| Rule 10.02 - A lawyer shall not knowingly misquote or misrepresent the contents of a paper, the language or the argument of an opposing counsel, or the text of a decision or authority, or knowingly cite as a law a provision already rendered inoperative by repeal or amendment, or assert as a fact that which has not been proved. Moreover, the records show that respondent used offensive language in his pleadings in describing complainant and her relatives. A lawyer's language should be forceful but dignified, emphatic but respectful as befitting an advocate and in keeping with the dignity of the legal profession.[9] The lawyer's arguments whether written or oral should be gracious to both court and opposing counsel and should be of such words as may be properly addressed by one gentlemen to another.[10] By calling complainant, a "sly manipulator of truth" as well as a "vindictive congenital prevaricator", hardly measures to the sobriety of speech demanded of a lawyer. | |||||