Practice question
A serving legislator first seeks to act as counsel before an administrative adjudicatory body. After objection, the legislator acquires a token stake in the client and moves to intervene to conduct the same advocacy. The record establishes a device rather than a genuinely independent purpose. Which is correct?
- Puyat supports rejecting the attempted circumvention despite the new label
- Every stockholder label automatically defeats the restriction
- A token stake makes every counsel appearance constitutional
- The body must ignore the established purpose
- Only the absence of a professional fee decides
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution ArticleVI Section14: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Puyat v De Guzman, GRL-51122, March25,1982, MAIN opinion, anti-circumvention holding under predecessor constitutional provision, read with current ArticleVI Section14: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1982/mar1982/gr_l-51122_1982.html
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