Lawyer-client relationshipIn the case of MA. LUISA HADJULA vs. ATTY. R!"L"S #. MADIA$DA% A.!. $o. &'((% J)ly*% +,,'% the S)pre-e !o)rt repri-an.e. an. a.-onishe. the respon.ent lawyer to /e circ)-spectin her han.lin0 of infor-ation ac1)ire. as a res)lt of a lawyer-client relationship. Let -e .i0estthe case /elow for le0al research p)rposes.In +,,+% the co-plainant char0e. the respon.ent lawyer with violation of Article +,2 34etrayal ofTr)st /y an Attorney5Revelation of Secrets6 of the Revise. 7enal !o.e an. !anon $os. (8.,+ an.+(.,+ of the !o.e of 7rofessional Responsi/ility.The co-plainant alle0e. that she an. respon.ent )se. to /e frien.s as they /oth wor9e. at the4)rea) of #ire 7rotection 34#76 whereat respon.ent was the !hief Le0al fficer while she was the!hief $)rse of the Me.ical% Dental an. $)rsin0 Services. !o-plainant clai-e. that% so-eti-e in(22:% she approache. respon.ent for so-e le0al a.vice. !o-plainant f)rther alle0e. that% in theco)rse of their conversation which was s)ppose. to /e 9ept confi.ential% she .isclose. personalsecrets an. pro.)ce. copies of a -arria0e contract% a /irth certificate an. a /aptis-al certificate%onlyto/einfor-e.later/ytherespon.ent that she3respon.ent6wo)l.referthe-attertoalawyer frien.. It was -alicio)s% so co-plainant states% of respon.ent to have ref)se. han.lin0 hercase only after she ha. alrea.y hear. her secrets.The co-plainant averre. that her frien.ship with respon.ent so)re. after her filin0% in the laterpart of +,,,% of cri-inal an..isciplinaryactions a0ainst thelatter. ;hat% per co-plainantIT-!M7LAI$Tforreasonthat shenever ;ASMY !LI"$Tnorweeverha.anyLA;Y"R-!LI"$TR"LATI$SHI7 that evere=iste.eversincean.that nevero/taine.anyle0al a.vicefro--ere0ar.in0her7"RS$AL 7R4L"MSor7"RS$AL S"!R"TS. Sheli9ewise never .elivere. to -e le0al .oc)-ents -)ch -ore tol. -e so-e confi.ential infor-ationor secrets. That is /eca)se I never entertain L"AAL BU"RI"S or !$SULTATI$ re0ar.in07"RS$AL MATT"RS since I 9now as a LA;Y"R of the 4)rea) of #ire 7rotection that I a-not allowe. to privately practice law an. it -i0ht also res)lt to !$#LI!T # I$T"R"ST. As a-atter of fact% whenever there will /e 7"RS$AL MATT"RS referre. to -e% I C)st referre. the-7a0e ( of *to private law practitioners an. never entertain the sa-e% $R listen to their stories or e=a-ine oraccept any .oc)-ent.2. I specifically .eny the alle0ation of #5SU7T. MA. LUISA !. HADJULA in para0raph : of herA##IDA>IT-!M7LAI$T% the tr)th of the -atter is that her ILLI!IT R"LATI$SHI7 an. herille0al an.)nlawf)l activitiesare9nowninthe4)rea)of#ire7rotectionsinceshealsofile.!HILDSU77RTcasea0ainst her lover Dwhereshehasachil.D.Moreover% thealle0e.D!UM"$TS she p)rporte.ly have shown to -e so-eti-e in (22:% are all part of p)/lic recor.sD.#)rther-ore%#5SU7T. MA. LUISA !.HADJULA%is filin0 the instant case C)st to 0et evenwith -e or to force -e to settle an. with.raw the !AS"S I #IL"D AAAI$ST H"R since she9nows that she will certainly /e DISMISS"D #RM S"R>I!"% R"M>"D #RM TH" 7R!RLL an. !RIMI$ALLY!$>I!T"D of her ILLI!IT% IMMRAL% ILL"AAL an.U$LA;#UL A!TS.As it were% co-plainant went to respon.ent% a lawyer who inci.entally was also then a frien.% to/are what she consi.ere. personal secrets an. sensitive .oc)-ents for the p)rpose of o/tainin0le0al a.vice an. assistance. The -o-ent co-plainant approache. the then receptive respon.ent tosee9 le0al a.vice% a verita/le lawyer-client relationship evolve. /etween the two. S)chrelationshipi-poses )ponthe lawyer certainrestrictions circ)-scri/e./ythe ethics of theprofession. A-on0 the /)r.ens of the relationship is that which enCoins the lawyer% respon.ent inthis instance% to 9eep inviolate confi.ential infor-ation ac1)ire. or reveale. .)rin0 le0alcons)ltations. The fact that one is% at the en. of the .ay% not incline. to han.le the client