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	GR No. 183526 2009-08-25	VIOLETA R. LALICAN v. INSULAR LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
Moreover, the failure of her former counsel to file a Notice of Appeal within the reglementary period binds Violeta, which failure the latter cannot now disown on the basis of her bare allegation and self-serving pronouncement that the former was ill. A client is bound by his counsel's mistakes and negligence.[31]
	GR No. 124915 2008-02-18	RIZAL SECURITY v. DIRECTOR ALEX E. MARAAN CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
Procedural rules are tools designed to facilitate the adjudication of cases and not defeat justice.[23] While the Court, in some instances, allows a relaxation in the application of the rules, it was never intended to forge a bastion for a violation of due process. And although it is true that litigation is not a game of technicalities, it is equally true that every case must be prosecuted in accordance with the prescribed procedure to insure an orderly and speedy administration of justice.