G.R. No. L-27394 – 34 SCRA 370 – Legal Ethics – Attorney’s Fees – Attorney’s Lien Atty. Armando Ampil was the lawyer of Angela Perez. Atty. Ampil won several cases for Angela but the latter was yet to pay Atty. Ampil. As such, Atty. Ampil held on to three certificates […]
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G.R. No. L-17815 – 8 SCRA 764 – Legal Ethics – Attorney’s Fees- Quantum Meruit; When Not Applicable – Negligence of Counsel In 1952, Atty. Ceferino De Los Santos, Sr. and his son, also a lawyer, were engaged by Sebastian Palanca to represent the latter in an estate proceedings case. […]
G.R. No. L-24163 – 137 Phil. 745 – 27 SCRA 1090 – Legal Ethics – Attorney’s Fees; Right Thereto – Contingent Fees In 1964, Luis and Pablo Magtibay engaged the services of Atty. Regino Aro in a partition case. The Magtibays have no money to pay Atty. Aro and so a […]
G.R. No. L-17194 – 12 SCRA 84 – Legal Ethics – Legal Profession – Attorney’s Fees – Services of a Lawyer-Politician In 1949, the testate estate of Numeriana Rallos owes the government a tax liability amounting to P130k. Simeon Rallos, the administrator of the said estate, was assisted by Atty. […]
A.C. No. 4863 – 417 Phil. 70 – 364 SCRA 597 – Legal Ethics – Problem Areas in Legal Ethics – Unconscionable Attorney’s Fees – Quantum Meruit In 1994, Isabel Sugar Company, Inc. (ISCI) sold a parcel of land to Urban Bank, Inc. (UBI). The land was sold for P240 […]
G.R. No. L-27033 – 140 Phil. 604 – 30 SCRA 187 – Legal Ethics – Two Concepts of Attorney’s Fees Blanco was sued by Polytrade for damages as he failed to pay a delivery of rawhide (to be converted to leather and leather products). For failing to answer the suit, […]
A.C. No. 5798 – 489 Phil. 791 – Legal Ethics – Canon 20 – Duty to Avoid Controversies Involving Lawyer’s Fees Engineer Alex Cueto, for P5,000,000.00, was contracted to build a building for Jose Jimenez III. Cueto decided to have the contract be notarized and he chose Atty. Jose Jimenez, […]
G.R. No. 37386 – 58 Phil. 422 – Legal Ethics – Attorney’s Fees – Legal Profession is not a mere money-making trade In 1921, Bualan, a member of the Bagobo tribe, contracted the services of attorneys Juan Sarenas and Domingo Braganza in a case involving a parcel of land. The […]
A.M. No. 434 – Legal Ethics – Practice of Law – Attorney’s Fees; Attorney’s Lien Atty. Casiano Laput used to be the counsel for Nieves Barrera until the latter discharged him of his services because she lost trust and confidence in him due to dubious transactions that Laput handled while […]
A.C. No. 1261 – 126 SCRA 389 – 211 Phil. 547 – Legal Ethics – Malpractice – Solicitation of Cases; Ambulance Chasing – Attorney’s Fees cannot be shared with a non-lawyer In 1970, Atty. Timoteo David and Tan Tek Beng, a non-lawyer, entered into an agreement whereby Tan Tek Beng […]
G.R. No. L-31865 – 54 SCRA 26 – Legal Ethics – Attorney’s Fees – Client May Enter Into Compromise Agreement Independent of Counsel – Quantum Meruit The Northcotts, represented by Robert Northcott, were the owners of the Dungon-Dungon Estate in Ilocos Norte. Due to their failure to pay taxes, their […]
G.R. No. 164195 – 514 SCRA 537 – Civil Law – Property – Eminent Domain – Determination of Just Compensation APO Fruits Corporation, Inc. (AFC) and Hijo Plantation Inc. (HPI) were owners of 5 parcels of land (1338.60 has.) located in San Isidro, Tagum, Davao. On 12 October 1995, the two […]