1.

As a counsel of the de Pedro family I will ask them first if there is an existing last will and testament executed by their parents. If there is none then I will proceed to advise them that as heirs of the estate they should first bear in mind what their parents intends to do to the property concerned. I will also tell them that it is not always the money that matters most specially in this case that all of them excluding Jose are living a decent life. If still they insist for its sale I will tell them that they should subdivide the property and individually sell their share not touching Joses shares. If still they insist to sell the property as a whole they must convince Jose to agree on their proposal and insure that Jose should get his share. I will insist that proper care for Jose should be given emphasis and they must commit to themselves that they will take good care of Jose. For the buyer I will advise him to help convince Jose that the property will be taken care of and even offer Jose a free visit just to assure him that the propertys sale was for good. If Jose is still reluctant and insists that it is not for sell then they must subdivide the property and sell their owns shares but must bear in mind that they should take care of Jose as what their parents expects from them.

2.

As a counsel I will advise Mr. Ong to organize a meeting with his employees and set new rules and policies with regard to the incident that happened. As of the present time I will advise him to address his employees that the incident that happened will not be reprimanded as of the moment but emphasizing that if it happens again after formulating new rules and policies it will be subject for investigation and the employee involved in the incident will be reprimanded. By this action Mr. Ong will send a strong message that he really means business and on the other hand he has also soft spot by forgiving and forgetting the incident.

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As a counsel I will advise them not to include policy in their students handbook because it will send a wrong message to the students that the institution is tolerating the immoral acts of students. First they must bear in mind that the institution is an all girls catholic school; second it is an educational institution that promotes morality and mostly it is aimed for moral ascendancy so that students will be trained and educated to be good and responsible citizens of the country. I will also try to tell the school administration to let go the incident but try to make new implementing rules with regard to the issue. I will also add that the institution must promote social awareness against it by organizing symposiums giving seminars to their students so that they will be aware and will try to avoid it. To wrap it up I will not advise them to include it in their students handbook but rather advise them to give emphasis on moral teachings that will help students to understand why it is not good and why the school is against it. The school should be firm in this issue and must reprimand students practicing immorality.

4.

No it is not absolute, however in some instances a lawyer may withdraw his services if; a client pursues an illegal act or immoral cause in connection with the matter he is handling example of this is a knowledge of the counsel that his client has bribed a witness to falsely testify to favor his case; when a client insist that his lawyer will violate canons for the benefit of his case an example of this is inducing the counsel to bribe the judge or to influencing the court to favor the client; inability to work with co-counsel will not promote the best interest of the client example of this is if the lawyer has pervious issues other than his client that will divert its focus and will result to clients loss; mental and physical condition that renders counsel to carry out his employment effectively an example of this is if the counsel suffered stoke that will bar him from doing his job physically and mentally; when a client deliberately and intentionally fails to pay his counsel for the services rendered example is insolvency on the part of the client to pay his counsel; if the counsel is appointed for public office wherein it bars him from accepting clients an example of this is the recent appointment of Comelec commissioner Brillantes wherein he publicly announced that he declines accepting clients due to its appointment and lastly is if you are elected to public office an example of this is the former Governor Raul Daza who won the gubernatorial post

in 2007 and by that mandate it barred him to accept clients because it might create conflict of interest and executive posts requires full time officers. If these instances happen it is the right of the lawyer to immediately discard his service over its client but on the part of the rule that a lawyer may terminate its service due to clients inability to pay his services is discretionary on the part of the lawyer. It is not absolute but most of it is strictly followed specially cannon rule 22. Paragraph a, b, and f.