Practice question
A complainant claims every intemperate pleading automatically requires disbarment because privilege is not disciplinary immunity. Which is correct?
- Liability and sanction still require the governing rules and particular facts.
- Disbarment follows without assessment.
- The complainant privately fixes the binding penalty.
- The 2016 ruling disbarred every respondent.
- All misconduct has one universal sanction.
Legal references
- Law Firm of Chavez Miranda Aseoche v. Lazaro and Morta, AC 7045, September 5, 2016, main resolution: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/sep2016/ac_7045_2016.html
- CPRA, AM 22-09-01-SC, Canon II Sections 2 and 4, Canon III Section 33, Canon VI Section 52, as specifically identified: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
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