Attorney Costs in Dismissed Disciplinary Proceedings

The case concerns an appeal against a decision by the Cantonal Bar Association Commission which ordered the reporting attorney to pay the costs of disciplinary proceedings initiated against them after a complaint regarding their representation was dismissed. The court reasoned that imposing costs on the reporting attorney was justified because, although the underlying complaint was unfounded and thus the disciplinary proceedings concluded without finding fault, the attorney's conduct during the initial complaint phase was sufficiently irregular or problematic to warrant the assessment of procedural costs against them, notwithstanding the final outcome exonerating them on the merits of the representation itself.