A.C. No. 5281 (Resolution) - Lee v. Tambago
A.C. No. 5281 (Resolution) - Lee v. Tambago
A.C. No. 5281 (Resolution) - Lee v. Tambago
RESOLUTION
CORONA, J : p
Let copies of this Resolution be furnished to all the courts of the land,
the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Office of the Bar Confidant, as
well as made part of the personal records of respondent.
SO ORDERED.
Puno, C.J., Sandoval-Gutierrez, Azcuna and Leonardo-de Castro, JJ.,
concur.
Footnotes
1. Rollo , p. 3.
2. Now known as Community Tax Certificate.
3. Page two, Last Will and Testament of Vicente Lee, Sr., rollo, p. 3.
4. Id., p. 10.
5. Id., p. 1.
6. Rollo , p. 9.
7. Dated July 11, 2001. Id., p. 94.
8. Dated July 11, 2001. Id., p. 95.
9. Id., p. 90.
10. Rollo , p. 107.
11. CANON 1 — A LAWYER SHALL UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION, OBEY THE
LAWS OF THE LAND AND PROMOTE RESPECT FOR LAW AND FOR LEGAL
PROCESSES.
12. Rule 1.01 — A lawyer shall not engage in unlawful, dishonest, immoral or
deceitful conduct.
13. Annex "A", Report and Recommendation by Commissioner Elpidio G.
Soriano III, dated February 27, 2006. Rollo , p. 13.
14. Notice of Resolution, IBP Board of Governors. (Emphasis in the original)
15. CIVIL CODE, Art. 783. EATCcI
27. REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, Book I, Title IV, Chapter 11, Sec. 246.
28. Dated March 15, 2000. Rollo , p. 105.
29. "When the original document is unavailable. — When the original document
has been lost or destroyed, or cannot be produced in court, the offeror, upon
proof of its execution or existence and the cause of its unavailability without
bad faith on his part, may prove its contents by a copy, or by a recital of its
contents in some authentic document, or by the testimony of witnesses in
the order stated." RULES OF COURT, Rule 130, Sec. 5. EATcHD
(b) . . .," RULES OF COURT, Rule 138, Sec. 20, par. (a).
38. CANON 1, supra note 11.
39. Rule 1.01, supra note 12.
40. Montecillo v. Gica, 158 Phil. 443 (1974). Zaldivar v. Gonzales, G.R. No. L-
79690-707, 7 October 1988, 166 SCRA 316.
41. Agpalo, Ruben E., LEGAL AND JUDICIAL ETHICS, 7th Edition (2002), Rex
Bookstore, Inc., p. 69. Comments of IBP Committee that drafted the Code of
Professional Responsibility, pp. 1-2 (1980).
42. Id.
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43. Id.
44. Agpalo, Ruben E., LEGAL AND JUDICIAL ETHICS, 7th Edition (2002), Rex
Bookstore, Inc., p. 465.
45. Guidelines for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions, Integrated Bar of the Philippines
Commission on Bar Discipline. TIESCA
46. San Jose Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Romanillos, A.C. No. 5580, 15
June 2005, 460 SCRA 105.
47. Santiago v Rafanan, supra note 22 at 101. Alitagtag v. Garcia, A.C. No.
4738, 10 June 2003, 403 SCRA 335.
48. Suzuki v. Tiamson, A.C. No. 6542, 30 September 2005, 471 SCRA 140;
Amaya v. Tecson, A.C. No. 5996, 7 February 2005, 450 SCRA 510, 516.
49. Bantolo v. Castillon, Jr., A.C. No. 6589, 19 December 2005, 478 SCRA 449.
50. Cabanilla v. Cristal-Tenorio, A.C. No. 6139, 11 November 2003, 415 SCRA
361. Guerrero v. Hernando, 160-A Phil. 725 (1975).
51. Tan Tiong Bio v. Gonzales, A.C. No. 6634, 23 August 2007.