Practice question
A responsible farmer leader has represented a farmers’ organization before the DAR. He now accepts an unrelated private corporation’s ordinary damages case in the RTC and claims the agrarian statute makes him a lawyer in every forum. Which is correct?
- The prior DAR appearance grants permanent Bar membership
- The exception automatically authorizes every corporate court appearance
- The special farmer-leader representation provision does not itself authorize general practice in an ordinary RTC action
- The RTC action automatically becomes a DAR case
- The corporation can convert him into a Bar member by resolution
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9700_2009.html — Section 18, amending Section 50 of R.A. 6657, responsible farmer leaders and representation before the DAR.
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