Practice question
An association invokes Section50-A’s recognition of legal standing in a regular court and says that standing automatically authorizes its nonlawyer leader to act as counsel there under Section50. Which is correct?
- Legal standing automatically is Bar admission
- Standing and the forum-limited authority to represent are distinct
- Every intervention right authorizes every nonlawyer to sign as counsel
- Section50 expressly covers every Philippine court
- A member’s consent eliminates all practice qualifications
Legal references
- RA9700 Section18 amending RA6657 Section50, and Section19 adding Section50-A: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9700_2009.html
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