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	GR No. 183975 2010-09-20	GREGORIO DIMARUCOT Y GARCIA v. PEOPLE VILLARAMA, JR., J.
Negligence of counsel is not a defense for the failure to file the appellant's brief within the reglementary period. Thus, we explained in Redeña v. Court of Appeals:[21]
	GR No. 164150 2008-04-14	GOVERNMENT OF KINGDOM OF BELGIUM v. CA CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
Then in Redena v. Court of Appeals,[32] we repeated that negligence of counsel is not a defense for the failure to file the appellant's brief within the reglementary period, and explained at length that:In seeking exemption from the above rule, petitioner claims that he will suffer deprivation of property without due process of law on account of the gross negligence of his previous counsel. To him, the negligence of his former counsel was so gross that it practically resulted to fraud because he was allegedly placed under the impression that the counsel had prepared and filed his appellant's brief. He thus prays the Court reverse the CA and remand the main case to the court of origin for new trial.