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ASSOCIATE Justice Gabriel Ingles of the Court of Appeals in Cebu City condemned in a speech lawyers who are more concerned about earning money than doing justice and “destroy the legal profession even if they may be the minority.”
“Our profession used to be regarded as one of the noblest, if not the noblest profession in the world because our paramount concern is to obtain justice,” the judge said.
“But the perception seemed to have changed because a number of us are more concerned about how much is earned from the practice (and) are obsessed about winning at all costs even at the expense of justice.”
Ingles didn’t mention names but got the attention of colleagues who attended the turnover ceremony and induction of the newly-elected officers of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Cebu City Chapter last June 3.
Ingles, once president of the IBP Cebu City Chapter, urged lawyers to be moral at all times.

Ingles always stressed the importance of judicial indepence both in “fact and the public's perception.”
Ingles is one of four judges in Cebu City who waived their monthly stipend from the Capitol two years ago.
He also declined to accept an honorarium from Pinamungahan town and a monthly allowance from Toledo City. /Reporter Ador Vincent S. Mayol

Good to see that Tito Boy (Judge Ingles) is fighting for truth and the importance of impartiality of the law. Paryente ra ba ni siya nako, my grand-uncle.

Quote from: Lorenzo on June 13, 2011, 08:04:41 AM
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“Our profession used to be regarded as one of the noblest, if not the noblest profession in the world because our paramount concern is to obtain justice,” the judge said.
“But the perception seemed to have changed because a number of us are more concerned about how much is earned from the practice (and) are obsessed about winning at all costs even at the expense of justice.”
Ingles didn’t mention names but got the attention of colleagues who attended the turnover ceremony and induction of the newly-elected officers of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Cebu City Chapter last June 3.
Ingles, once president of the IBP Cebu City Chapter, urged lawyers to be moral at all times.

Amen Tito Boy! It's good to see that a Boholano is an associate justice of the Court of Appeals in Cebu City. Importantly, that he reiterates importance of 'no tolerance' in regards to corruption!

We need more judges like him.

More power Tito Boy!