Prohibition against misleading the court, tribunal, or other government agency, C2S8 CPRA

Section 8, Canon II SECTION 8. Prohibition against misleading the court, tribunal, or other government agency. -A lawyer shall not misquote, misrepresent, or mislead the court as to the existence or the contents of any document, argument, evidence, law, or other legal authority, or pass off as one's own the ideas or words of another, or assert as a fact that which has not been proven. (2023 Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability or CPRA) 1. Prohibition against misleading the court, tribunal, or other government agency a. No misquoting, misrepresenting, misleading the court Lawyers should not misquote, misrepresent, or mislead the court as to the existence of the contents of any: 1) Document; 2) Argument; 3) Evidence; 4) Law; or 5) Other legal authority. Misquoting or intercalating phrases in the text of a court decision constitutes willful disregard of the lawyer’s solemn duty to act at all times in manner consistent with the truth. A lawyer should never venture to mislead the court by false statements or quotations of facts or laws. Thus, in Bautista v. Gonzales, the Supreme Court suspended respondent for six (6) months for, among other submitting to the lower court falsified documents, representing them to the true copies. In Chavez v. Viola, the Supreme Court suspended respondent counsel for five (5) months after he filed an Amended Application for Original Registration of Title which contained false statements. (Adez Realty, Incorporated v. CA, En Banc, G....