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Chapter IV The Lawyer and the Client CANON ?? A Lawyer shall not refuse his services to the needy Rule ?? A lawyer shall not decline to represent a person solely on account of the latter ? s race sex creed or status of life or because of his own opinion regarding the guilt of said person Rule ?? A lawyer shall not decline except for serious and su ?cient cause an appointment as counsel de o ?cio or as amicus curae or a request from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines or any of its chapters for rendition of free legal aid Rule ?? A lawyer may refuse to accept representation of a client if a He is not in position to carry out the work e ?ectively and competently b He labors under con ict of interest between him and the prospective client or between a present client and the prospective client Rule ?? A lawyer who accepts the cause of a person unable to pay his professional fees shall observe the same standard of conduct governing his relations with paying clients Duties to Client owe utmost learning and ability maintain inviolate the con ?dence of the client disclose all circumstances interest regarding the controversy undivided loyalty not reject cause of defenseless and oppressed candor fairness and loyalty hold in trust money or property respond with zeal to the cause of the client Appointment of Amicus Curae by application to the judge the judge on his own initiative may invite the lawyer no right to interfere with or control the condition of the record no control over the suit Cannot refuse on the ground of insu ?cient of compensation or lack of it CANON ?? A lawyer shall observe candor fairness and loyalty in all his dealings and transactions with his client CRule ?? A lawyer in conferring with a prospective client shall ascertain as soon as practicable whether the matter would involve a con ict with another client or his own interest and if so shall forthwith inform the prospective client Rule ?? A lawyer shall be bound by the rule on privilege communication in respect of matters disclosed to him by a prospective client Rule on Revealing Client ? s Identity General Rule A lawyer may not invoke privilege communication to refuse revealing a client ? s identity Regala vs Sandiganbayan SCRA September Exceptions When by divulging such identity it would implicate the client to that same controversy for which the lawyer ? s services were required It would open client to civil liability The disclosure of such identity will provide for the only link in order to convict the accused otherwise the government has no case Requisites of Privileged Communication Atty - client relationship or a kind of consultancy relationship with a prospective client Communication made by client to lawyer in the course of lawyer ? s professional employment Communication is intended to be con ?dential see Rule Sec b Rules of Court When communication