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Legal Aid Recipient's Counsel Entitled to Direct Award of Attorney's Fees

Case Number 3B 11 7
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Switzerland · Canton of Lucerne (CH-LU)
Decision Date
Outcome Partially Allowed
Court Costs Borne by public authority

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In a civil procedure matter concerning the award of legal costs to a party receiving free legal aid, the court held that the attorney's fee compensation payable by the opposing party should be awarded directly to the counsel providing the free legal assistance for the (mostly) successful party, allowing the counsel to assert the claim in their own name, consistent with Article 122 of the Civil Procedure Code, a principle also reflected in prior cantonal law, to impose court costs on the unsuccessful opposing party and order reduced attorney's fees to the successful applicant's counsel.

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Art. 122 ZPO. Die von der Gegenpartei zu bezahlende Anwaltskostenentschädigung ist dem unentgeltlichen Rechtsbeistand der (mehrheitlich) obsiegenden Partei direkt zuzusprechen, so dass sie dieser im eigenen Namen geltend machen kann. | Zivilprozessrecht

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legal aid costs direct award procedure article of civil procedure opposing counsel reduction of attorney fees party costs

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Art. 122 ZPO

The court applied this article to rule that the compensation for attorneys' fees owed by the opposing party must be awarded directly to the party receiving free legal assistance, allowing them to claim it in their own name.

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Rechtsprechung Luzern

Instanz: · Obergericht

Abteilung: · 3. Abteilung

Rechtsgebiet: · Zivilprozessrecht

Entscheiddatum: · 04.05.2011

Fallnummer: · 3B 11 7

LGVE: · 2011 I Nr. 30

Leitsatz: · Art. 122 ZPO. Die von der Gegenpartei zu bezahlende Anwaltskostenentschädigung ist dem unentgeltlichen Rechtsbeistand der (mehrheitlich) obsiegenden Partei direkt zuzusprechen, so dass sie dieser im eigenen Namen geltend machen kann.

Rechtskraft: · Diese Entscheidung ist rechtskräftig.