Practice question
The court’s order records agreed hearing dates. A lawyer relies on private notes showing different preferred dates and unilaterally declines the ordered schedule. Which is correct?
- Private notes automatically overrule the court order.
- Any lawyer may cancel trial by preferring another date.
- The order is merely an advertisement.
- A change of diary conclusively amends the order.
- The order governs unless lawfully modified; private notes do not authorize unilateral substitution.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rules 115-116 and 118-119, specifically the provisions discussed: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- A.M. No. 15-06-10-SC, April 25, 2017, Revised Guidelines for Continuous Trial of Criminal Cases, Part III, items 8(b), 8(f) and 9 (primary text reproduced by WIPO Lex): https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/20516
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