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Jan 23, 2001 legal ethics attorney-client relationship legal fees common carrier liability jurisdiction passenger safety

Upholding Attorney Accountability A Lawyers Duty TO Clients Despite FEE Disputes

Philippine Supreme Court ruling on lawyer's duty to clients despite fee disputes, jurisdictional rules, and carrier liability for passenger safety.

Mar 27, 1998 mootness supreme court philippine law civil procedure burden of proof lawyers duty

When Cases Become Pointless: Mootness and a Lawyer's Duty to the Court in Philippine Law

Explore the Supreme Court's ruling on procedural rules and the burden of proof in the Pacific Banking Corporation liquidation case.