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Aug 5, 2013 double sale attorney ethics unregistered land bad faith quieting of title civil law

When a Lawyer Buys His Client’s Land: Double Sale and Bad Faith Under Philippine Law

A lawyer who bought land his clients had already purchased lost the case. The Supreme Court explains double sales, bad faith, and unregistered land rules.