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2007-06-08 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| Regrettably, such excuse of petitioner's counsel is unacceptable. It is the duty of a practicing lawyer to so arrange matters that official or judicial communications sent by mail reach him promptly.[9] For failure to do so, he and his clients must suffer the consequences of his negligence.[10] Furthermore, a lawyer can adopt an efficient way of handling court mail matters even if his residence also serves as his office.[11] Hence, if petitioner's counsel was not informed by his visiting relative of the Notice to File Brief, petitioner's counsel cannot hide behind his relative's negligence to excuse his own failure to adopt an efficient way of managing his court notices. That said, this Court cannot fault the Court of Appeals for dismissing the appeal which was done in faithful compliance with the rules of procedure the Court has been mandated to observe. | |||||