Practice question
A judge is assigned a case in which the judge previously served as counsel in the very matter in controversy. No consent or other asserted exception is involved. Under Canon III, Section 11, how is the ground classified?
- Mandatory inhibition
- Purely optional, with no ethical consequence
- A ground only if the former client loses
- A ground only if the judge still charges a fee
- No inhibition ground because the judge is now neutral by title
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/100836 — 2025 CJCA, Canon III, Sections 2 and 9–13.
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_137_judicial.html — Rule 137, Sections 1–2, judicial disqualification.
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