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Practice question: Equality (Canon V)

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A lawyer is related within the fourth degree to adverse counsel. The lawyer invokes Section3(c) rather than inventing a fee-based refusal. Is that relationship within the stated ground?
  1. Yes
  2. No; adverse counsel is never mentioned
  3. Only a relationship to the judge matters
  4. Only the sixth degree to counsel qualifies
  5. Only the applicant’s religion matters

Legal references

  • CPRA AM22-09-01-SC, CanonIV Sections3,7–8; CanonV Section3; CanonVI Sections1,12,16,18,32, issued primary text: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf

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