DISPOSITIVE:

SUBJECTS/DOCTRINES/DIGEST:

WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE?

PETITIONER HAS A SERVICE CONTRACT WITH PLDT. IT WAS ADJUDGED ENGAGED IN LABOR-ONLY CONTRACTING. IT DID NOT PROVIDE EQUIPMENT NOR PREMISES TO THE RESPONDENT EMPLOYEES. PLDT PROVIDED THESE.   ALSO, IT DID NOT HAVE POWER OF CONTROL OVER THE EMPLOYEES. PLDT EXERCISED SUCH CONTROL.

WHAT IS RIGHT OF CONTROL OVER THE EMPLOYEES?

WHAT IS LABOR-ONLY CONTRACTING?

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DISPOSITIVE:

SUBJECTS/DOCTRINES/DIGEST:

WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE?

HERRERA COMMITTED INFRACTIONS STATED BELOW. HIS COLLECTIVE CONDUCT TARNISHES THE INTEGRITY OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND IS IN CLEAR DISREGARD OF HIS SWORN DUTIES IN THE LAWYER’S OATH.

THE SUPREME COURT CITED CASES WHERE PENALTY OF DISBARMENT WAS IMPOSED AND SAID THAT THE INFRACTIONS OF ATTY HERRERA ARE GRAVER THAN THE INFRACTIONS IN THOSE CASES.

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DISPOSITIVE:

SUBJECTS/DOCTRINES/DIGEST:

WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE?

COMPLAINANTS FILED A QUIETING OF TITLE CASE AGAINST DIVINA SPOUSES. DIVINA SPOUSES FAILED TO ANSWER AND WERE DECLARED IN DEFAULT. RTC RULED IN FAVOR OF COMPLAINANTS. THE CASE WAS APPEALED TO CA AND CA AFFIRMED RTC DECISION. THE CA DECISION BECAME FINAL. THEN HERE COMES ATTY BRILLANTES AS COUNSEL OF DIVINA SPOUSES. HE FILED A CASE FOR ANNULMENT OF RTC DECISION ON GROUND THAT DIVINA SPOUSES BELATEDLY RECEIVED A COPY OF THE RTC DECISION. ATTY BRILLANTES SAID HE MERELY RELIED ON THE REPRESENTATION OF THIS CLIENT WHICH WAS NOT TRUE. AND ATTY BRILLANTES BY REVIEWING THE COURT RECORDS WOULD KNOW THAT HIS CLIENT’S REPRESENTATION WAS NOT TRUE. AND HE WAS AWARE OF WHAT WAS TRUE. HIS ACT DELAYED THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF REYES SPOUSES. DISBARMENT CASE WAS FILED AGAINST HIM. SUPREME COURT SAID HE BE JUST SUSPENDED FOR 6 MONTHS BECAUSE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE ADMITTED HIS MISDEMEANOR AND APOLOGIZED.

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WHAT WERE THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR THE TRANSGRESSION OF ATTY BRILLANTES?

WHAT WERE THE REASONS ATTY BRILLANTES WAS NOT DISBARRED BUT WAS ONLY SUSPENDED FOR 6 MONTHS?

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