Practice question
A lawyer claims that counsel’s appearance removes the Labor Arbiter’s authority to manage the proceedings. What does Article 227 state?
- The worker’s lawyer may exclude all opposition
- Counsel automatically takes adjudicative control
- The employer’s lawyer decides the judgment
- Counsel may represent parties, but the Labor Arbiter retains complete control
- Counsel appearance cancels the case
Legal references
- Labor Code, Article 227 (formerly 221), technical rules, reasonable fact-finding and control of proceedings: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
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