Practice question
A third-party financier pressures counsel to distort the client’s legal position to serve the financier’s unrelated business interest. Counsel claims independence concerns only pressure from judges. Which is correct?
- The financier may require dishonest advocacy
- Only a judge can exert improper influence
- Payment makes the financier the legal decision-maker
- Section3’s protection is not limited to judicial pressure
- Independence ends when someone pays expenses
Legal references
- CPRA, A.M.22-09-01-SC, Preamble/GeneralProvisions, CanonI, CanonII Sections36–44, CanonIII Section51; primaryissuedtext visuallyread: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
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