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Practice question: Duty of Counsel of Record

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

Deputized defense counsel claims Section13 also authorizes counsel to alter the complaint and substitute a preferred defendant before serving it. Which is correct?
  1. The client may privately replace the court’s record
  2. Deputization makes counsel the plaintiff
  3. Every server may rewrite the claim
  4. The service role automatically changes parties
  5. The service assignment does not confer that amendment authority

Legal references

  • Current Rule14, AM19-10-20-SC: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html

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