Practice question
An overseas lawyer represents a client in a qualifying Manila arbitration and then invokes that engagement to appear as counsel in an unrelated Philippine quasi-judicial case. He has no Philippine admission or other applicable authority. Which is best?
- Every arbitral representative may appear in every government proceeding
- The arbitral engagement supplies no such general quasi-judicial counsel authority
- The unrelated nature makes the prohibition disappear
- The foreign license automatically substitutes for Philippine admission
- The client’s corporate status creates an exception
Legal references
- RA 9285 Section 22: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2004/ra_9285_2004.html
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