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?
- Yes
- No; adverse counsel is never mentioned
- Only a relationship to the judge matters
- Only the sixth degree to counsel qualifies
- 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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