Practice question
A court accepts lawful personnel assistance from a local government. The mayor demands access to confidential case information through the assigned staff. Which follows Canon I?
- The confidentiality safeguard remains; assistance does not authorize disclosure.
- The donor acquires ownership of confidential information.
- Confidentiality ends whenever assistance is lawful.
- An oral request overrides all access rules.
- Personnel assistance necessarily makes every record public.
Legal references
- 2025 Code of Judicial Conduct and Accountability, AM25-04-04-SC, Preamble, General Provisions and Canons I–II: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/100836
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