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Nicanor Gatmaytan, Jr. vs Atty Isidro Ilao

NICANOR B. GATMAYTAN, JR., Complainant, versus ATTY. ISIDRO C. ILAO, Respondent.

A.C. No. 6086 | 2005-01-26



SECOND DIVISION
DECISION

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

“The power to disbar or suspend ought always to be exercised on the preservative and not on the vindictive principle, with great caution and only for the most weighty reasons.”[1]

Before Us is an appeal of the Resolution[2] passed by the Board of Governors of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines which adopted and approved the Report and Recommendation[3] of Investigating Commissioner Milagros V. San Juan dated 04 April 2003, dismissing the complaint[4] for disbarment filed by Atty. Nicanor B. Gatmaytan, Jr., against Atty. Isidro C. Ilao for violations of Canons 8, 10, and 15 of the Code of...