Practice question
A defendant’s lawyer represents the client in an unrelated criminal case but has made no special appearance challenging service in this civil action and has received no deputation here. The plaintiff invokes Section 13 as automatic authority for that lawyer to serve the civil summons. Which is sound?
- The described special-appearance and court-deputation setting must actually be established.
- Any unrelated retainer automatically satisfies Section 13.
- All defense lawyers are permanently appointed as civil sheriffs.
- The plaintiff may privately deem a court deputation issued.
- The lawyer’s bar membership alone supplies every Rule 14 condition.
Legal references
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rule 14, particularly Sections 1-5, 8, 13 and 23, as applicable to the stated issue: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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