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2015-11-16 |
PER CURIAM |
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| Lawyers have been repeatedly reminded by the Court that possession of good moral character is both a condition precedent and a continuing requirement to warrant admission to the Bar and to retain membership in the legal profession.This proceeds from the lawyer's bounden duty to observe the highest degree of morality in order to safeguard the Bar's integrity,[16] and the legal profession exacts from its members nothing less. Lawyers are called upon to safeguard the integrity of the Bar, free from misdeeds and acts constitutive of malpractice. Their exalted positions as officers of the court demand no less than the highest degree of morality.[17] | |||||
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2015-11-16 |
PER CURIAM |
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| Good moral character is a continuing requirement to maintain one's good standing in the legal profession.[48] "It is the bounden duty of law practitioners to observe the highest degree of morality in order to safeguard the integrity of the Bar."[49] | |||||
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2012-11-27 |
PER CURIAM |
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| The fact that complainant filed an Affidavit of Desistance during the pendency of this case is of no moment. Complainant's Affidavit of Desistance cannot have the effect of abating the instant proceedings in view of the public service character of the practice of law and the nature of disbarment proceedings as a public interest concern. A case of suspension or disbarment is sui generis and not meant to grant relief to a complainant as in a civil case, but is intended to cleanse the ranks of the legal profession of its undesirable members in order to protect the public and the courts. A disbarment case is not an investigation into the acts of respondent but on his conduct as an officer of the court and his fitness to continue as a member of the Bar.[23] | |||||