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Lopez vs. Ramos

ALBERTO LOPEZ, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ROSENDO C. RAMOS, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 12081 [Formerly CBD Case No. 14-4225] | 2020-11-24

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, C.J.:
 
The instant administrative case stemmed from the complaint-affidavit[1] dated May 27, 2014 filed by Alberto C. Lopez (Lopez) before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), charging Atty. Rosendo Cruz Ramos (respondent) with violation of Canon 1 of the Code of Professional Responsibility (CPR) by willfully aiding the parties to the sale of a parcel of land, in evading or defeating the payment of the proper amount of taxes due thereon; and for gross negligence in the performance of his duties as a notary public resulting in the...