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18 Supreme Court decisions, resolutions, and opinions from 1901 to today. Filter and sort to narrow down.
Before the Court is a Petition filed by Marivic Antonio Taloma (petitioner) to take the Lawyer's Oath and to sign the Roll of Attorneys. The facts, as distilled by the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC), are as follows: When petitioner filed her application to take the 2022 Bar Ex
Before the Court is the May 3, 2023 Petition 1 filed by petitioner Angeli Newin C. Agraam (petitioner), praying that her civil status be corrected from "married" to "single" in her 2022 Bar Application Form due to an honest mistake, and that she be consequently allowed to take th
Sirs/Mesdames: Please take notice that the Court en bane issued a Resolution dated OCTOBER 6, 2020 , which reads as follows: " B.M. No. 3781 (Re: Concept Paper on Proposed Bar Examination Reforms). - WHEREAS , the Supreme Court is granted the constitutional authority to promulgat
Sirs/Mesdames: Please take notice that the Court En Banc issued a Resolution dated April 29, 2020, which reads as follows: "B.M. No. 3490 ( Regionalization of the Next Bar Examinations ) Promulgated: April 29, 2020 R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS , pursuant to its constitutional auth
This bar matter refers to the complaint filed by Enrique Javier de Zuzuarregui (complainant) before the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) against Anthony de Zuzuarregui (respondent), his nephew and one of the bar applicants for the 2013 Bar Examinations. On October 2, 2013, the O
Subject of this Resolution are the October 9, 2017 1 and March 15, 2019 2 Petitions to Retake the Lawyer's Oath and to Sign the Roll of Attorneys of Ma. Lucille P. Lee (Lee), one of the successful examinees of the 2016 Bar Examinations. Factual Antecedents On May 19, 2017, the Of
We resolve the instant Petition to Sign in the Roll of Attorneys filed by petitioner Michael A. Medado (Medado). Medado graduated from the University of the Philippines with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1979 1 and passed the same year’s bar examinations with a general weight
On June 8, 2009, a petition was filed by Epifanio B. Muneses (petitioner) with the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) praying that he be granted the privilege to practice law in the Philippines. The petitioner alleged that he became a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippine
This treats the Petition for Judicial Clemency and Compassion dated November 10, 2008 filed by petitioner Danilo de Guzman. He prays that this Honorable Court "in the exercise of equity and compassion, grant petitioner's plea for judicial clemency, and thereupon, order his reinst
This bar matter concerns the petition of petitioner Benjamin M. Dacanay for leave to resume the practice of law. Petitioner was admitted to the Philippine bar in March 1960. He practiced law until he migrated to Canada in December 1998 to seek medical attention for his ailments.
In a “Letter-Complaint/Petition/Request for Issuance of TRO” 1 dated 16 June 2005, addressed to Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa, Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confidant, Atty. Silvestre H. Bello III (Atty. Bello), through the latter’s counsel, Yulo & Bello Law Offices, filed an
This is a request for exemption from payment of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) dues filed by petitioner Atty. Cecilio Y. Arevalo, Jr. In his letter, 1 dated 22 September 2004, petitioner sought exemption from payment of IBP dues in the amount of P12,035.00 as alleged
May a member of the Philippine Bar who was disbarred or suspended from the practice of law in a foreign jurisdiction where he has also been admitted as an attorney be meted the same sanction as a member of the Philippine Bar for the same infraction committed in the foreign jurisd
The Court is here confronted with a Petition that seeks twin reliefs, one of which is ripe while the other has been rendered moot by a supervening event. The antecedents follow. On October 14, 2002, Atty. Froilan R. Melendrez (Melendrez) filed with the Office of the Bar Confidant
On 22 September 2003, the day following the bar examination in Mercantile Law, Justice Jose C. Vitug, Chairman of the 2003 Bar Examinations Committee, was apprised of a rumored leakage in the examination on the subject. After making his own inquiries, Justice Vitug reported the m
A criminal information was filed on 4 February 1992 with the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 101, charging Mr. A.C. Argosino along with thirteen (13) other individuals, with the crime of homicide in connection with the death of one Raul Camaligan on 8 September 1991.
Petitioner prays this Court "to order the respondent to cease and desist from Issuing advertisements similar to or of the same tenor as that of Annexes 'A' and 'B' (of said petition) and to perpetually prohibit persons or entities from making advertisements pertaining to the exer
This is a petition for reinstatement in the Roll of Attorneys and for re-admission to the practice of law in the Philippines . Petitioner was first admitted to the practice of law in 1971 after passing the Bar Examinations in 1970. This Court, however, ordered the cancellation of
