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2014-06-25 |
REYES, J. |
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| "The severity of disbarment or suspension proceedings as the penalty for an attorney's misconduct has always moved the Court to treat the complaint with utmost caution and deliberate circumspection."[40] While the Court has the plenary power to discipline erring lawyers through this kind of proceedings, it does so in the most vigilant manner so as not to frustrate its preservative principle. The Court, in the exercise of its sound judicial discretion, is inclined to impose a less severe punishment if through it the end desired of reforming the errant lawyer is possible.[41] | |||||