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SPOUSES VIRGILIO and ANGELINA ARANDA,</b> Petitioners, vs. ATTY. EMMANUEL F. ELAYDA, Respondent.

Spouses Virgilio and Angelina Aranda vs. Atty. Emmanuel F. Elayda

A.C. No. 7907 | 2010-12-15



Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila


FIRST DIVISION


A.C. No. 7907               December 15, 2010


SPOUSES VIRGILIO and ANGELINA ARANDA, Petitioners,

vs.

ATTY. EMMANUEL F. ELAYDA, Respondent.


D E C I S I O N


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:


The instant case stemmed from an administrative complaint filed by the spouses Virgilio and Angelina Aranda (spouses Aranda) before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Commission on Bar Discipline, charging their former counsel, Atty. Emmanuel F. Elayda (Atty. Elayda), with gross negligence or gross misconduct in handling their case. The spouses Aranda were the...