Practice question
An attorney is personally one defendant in a small-claims case and also seeks to represent a separate corporate co-defendant. He invokes the own-party exception for both roles. Which is correct?
- The exception permits his own-party appearance, not representation of the separate corporation
- Personal defendant status licenses representation of everyone
- A corporate co-defendant automatically is the same legal person
- The exception waives every Section17 restriction
- No attorney may ever defend a personal claim
Legal references
- A.M.08-8-7-SC, 2022 Rules on Expedited Procedures, RuleIV Sections17–18, officialSCcollation printedpages2035–2036: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf
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