Practice question
A client offers a larger fee if counsel will disregard the rights of nonclients and court users. Which is consistent with the oath?
- Higher payment suspends the oath automatically.
- The fee does not displace the lawyer’s enduring public, rights-protective and civil professional commitments.
- Only the client’s interests remain legally relevant.
- The lawyer may decide that nonclients have no meaningful freedoms.
- Court users lose protection when a retainer is signed.
Legal references
- Pante v. Tebelin, A.C. No. 13630, June 27, 2023, EN BANC MAIN decision reproducing the CPRA Revised Lawyer’s Oath: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/jun2023/ac_13630_2023.html
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