Practice question
A complainant files a notarized desistance stating the dispute was a misunderstanding. The respondent asks automatic dismissal; the record contains independently verifiable evidence of professional misconduct. Which is best?
- Continue the appropriate assessment rather than treating desistance as automatic termination
- Notarization gives the complainant power to override the Court
- Independent evidence becomes inadmissible solely because of desistance
- The respondent is automatically guilty because desistance occurred
- The private agreement fixes the disciplinary sanction conclusively
Legal references
- Vera Law v. Hechanova, A.C. 13986, February 26, 2025, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/feb2025/ac_13986_2025.html
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