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By: Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr. Attorney L was the subject of an administrative complaint for Unethical Practices, Conflict of Interest and Disloyalty to Clients. After due investigation, the High Court found that respondent made a “clear breach of the canons of professional responsibility” and suspended respondent indefinitely. The year was 1991. Respondent subsequently sent a

By Atty. Gregorio Batiller Jr. Prompt notice by the cardholder to the credit card company of the loss or theft of his card should be enough to relieve the former of any liability occasioned by the unauthorized use of his lost or stolen card. The July 25, 2006 decision of Manuel C. Acol vs. Philippine

By: Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr. In an April 2001 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the academic freedom of the University of the Philippines to choose its professors as against the application of a Civil Service Rule which provides for the automatic termination of an employee who fails to return to duty after the lapse of

By: Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr. This is about a case that was tossed by the MTC to the RTC, only to be tossed back to the MTC by the RTC and finally by the Supreme Court to the RTC. A barangay in Cebu City instituted suit for expropriation of a parcel of land with the

By: Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr. Sometime in the 1980s, L made fund placements of about $150,000 with the Anglo-Asean Bank – a private bank registered under the laws of the Republic of Vanuatu. Subsequently, L encountered difficulties in recovering not only the interest on his placements but also the principal of the investments he put