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2000-10-20 |
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J. |
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| absence of a proper and adequate notice to the court of a change of address,[10] unless service upon the party himself is ordered by the court.[11] It is the party and his counsel's responsibility to device a system for the receipt of mail intended for them[12] just as it is the duty of counsel to inform the court of a change in his address. In the case at bar, private respondent's counsel never notified the Court of any change of his address or whether he no longer holds office in his last address of record. Neither was the Court informed if his ties with his client has been severed. Insofar as the Court is concerned, the last address on record is the place where all notices shall be served until the Court is officially informed to the contrary. What is the effect of the failure of a private respondent to comply with a court order to file Comment? Courts are given the option to dispense with the filing of the Comment and consider the case as deemed submitted for decision. Under Rule 46, Section 7 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure,[13] when the respondent in an original action filed with the | |||||