I'm Giancarlo Enrico S. Pozon, a Wushu instructor, investor and Barrister... That's right, Barrister; I graduated from law school and took the Bar Exams, now I'm waiting for the results. I created this blog to make Philippine Law easy to understand for the average person. It's all about free legal advice. There are many law blogs. But the problem is that many of them are written for lawyers and law students. They use words that can't be understood by ordinary people.
Many lawyers, judges and law students consider themselves as superior to most human beings because of their knowledge of the law. It bothers me since the law is supposed to serve society. Since the law is meant to serve society as a whole, it is important that is must be understood by everybody.
This does not mean that we should all become lawyers. It means that although law is a highly specialized profession, the first duty of everybody in this profession is to make the law understandable to all; that's why all these articles are free legal advice.
Like I said, this blog is about law -but it's for the ordinary people, not the lawyers. It's for the ordinary folk so they will know what is good and bad for them, and that making them aware of the law will help us all improve society as a whole. This is free legal advice for everybody!
Canon 5 declares that all are equal before the courts as far as treatment is concerned. Judges consequently are required to make themselves aware of the different facets of society. Race, religion, marital status, sexual orientation and so on shall be taken into consideration. Consequently, a judge can't say or do anything that shows bias to any person or group on irrelevant grounds while in the performance of his official duties. A judge will therefore discharge his duties while giving appropriate consideration to all people he encounters when doing his job (sec. 1-3.)
Court staff and other persons under the judge's influence and control are prohibited from differentiating between parties to a suit on any irrelevant ground. Lawyers are likewise prohibited by word or deed to show bias on irrelevant grounds in court proceedings; relevant grounds, therefore are the exception. The judge is charged with enforcing such conduct in court (sec. 4-5.)
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