Practice question
A lawyer calls the Preamble purely optional aspiration and argues CPRA noncompliance can never carry sanctions. Which is correct?
- The Code forbids every sanction
- Personal ethical choice eliminates formal accountability
- Only a written client objection can create ethics
- The Preamble expressly links failure to abide by the Code with sanctions
- Only nonlawyers can be sanctioned
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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