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Activity No. 2-Wps Office
Activity No. 2-Wps Office
Question No.1:
Is death of a client, with heirs, a valid ground for the lawyer to withdraw his
services?
Answer:
Question No. 2:
Answer:
No, Legal service or aid is not a matter of charity. It is a means for the correction of
social imbalances that may and often do lead to injustice, for which the reason it is a public
responsibility of the Bar. The spirit of public service should, therefore, underlie all legal aid
offices. The same should be so administered as to give maximum possible assistance to the
indigent and deserving members of the community in all cases, matters and situations in
which legal aid may be necessary to forestall an injustice (Public Service, Sec. 1, Art. 1 of
the IBP Guidelines on Legal Aid)
Question No. 3:
A lawyer is also a CPA. What should he likewise do if a person seeks to engage his
professional services?
Answer:
The lawyer should make clear to his client what service he is acting upon, if he is
acting as a lawyer or as a CPA. Under Rule 15.08, Canon 18 of the Code of Professional
Responsibility, “A lawyer who is engaged in another profession or occupation concurrently
with the practice of law shall make clear to his client whether he is acting as a lawyer or in
another capacity.” This rule is intended for the benefit of both the client and the lawyer to
avoid confusion.
Question No. 4:
The client testified falsely in court contrary to what he told to his lawyer. What
should the lawyer do?
Answer:
The lawyer should promptly call upon his client to rectify his false testimony by
recanting the same before the court. If the client fail or refuse to do so, the lawyer then
shall terminate their relationship as under Rule 19.02, Canon 19 of Code of Professional
Responsibility which states that, “A lawyer who has received information that his client has,
in the course of the representation, perpetrated a fraud upon a person or tribunal, shall
promptly call upon the client to rectify the same, and failing which he shall terminate the
relationship with such client in accordance with the Rules of Court.”