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Prior Payments Limit Free Legal Aid for Lawyer Costs But Not Court Costs

Numéro de cause 22 03 129
Autorité / Tribunal
Juridiction Suisse · Canton de Lucerne (CH-LU)
Date de la décision
Issue du litige Partiellement admis (Partially Allowed)
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The court denied a party's request for free legal aid for party costs in an appeal because the party had already advanced a sum to their lawyer that exceeded the maximum reasonable compensation allowable under the cost regulations for a lawyer operating under free legal aid. The reasoning emphasized that prior payments made by a party to their attorney, even if based on a separate fee agreement, preclude the state from covering costs that have already been sufficiently covered by those advances, especially when the advanced amount surpasses the statutory limits for free legal aid representation, thereby securing access to the court through the prior payments. However, the court granted free legal aid for court costs because the party was effectively without income and had not paid any court cost deposit applicable to their share of the costs allocated by settlement.

Regeste Legislator

Officiel

§ 130 Abs. 1 ZPO; §§ 56 und 58 KoV. Beantragt eine Partei die unentgeltliche Rechtspflege für ihre Parteikosten, so kann ihr diese nicht gewährt werden, wenn sie vorgängig bereits Kostenvorschüsse an ihren Rechtsanwalt geleistet hat, welche die im Sinne der Kostenverordnung angemessene Entschädigung für den UR-Anwalt übersteigen. | Zivilprozessrecht

Mots-clés

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frais d'assistance judiciaire versement de l'avance de frais représentation légale dépens indemnisation étatique limites légales

Dispositions légales citées

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Art. 137 ZGB
Art. 12 lit. i BGFA
§ 130 Abs. 1 ZPO
Cited as the main requirement for granting legal aid, which was ultimately denied for party costs but granted for court costs based on the party's financial situation.
§§ 56 und 58 KoV
Cited to determine the maximum fee allowable for a lawyer when granting legal aid, used to assess whether prior payments covered the costs.
Art. 66 al. 1 LTF
This provision is not explicitly cited in the dispositive section, which only contains the substantive and procedural ruling, not the cost provisions typically found in the final orders of the LTF (Swiss Federal Tribunal). The decision provided does not contain a standard dispositive section citing costs according to LTF rules; it presents the substantive outcome based on cantonal provisions.

Jurisprudence citée

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BGE 122 I 203
Swiss Federal Supreme Court on Retroactive Legal Aid in Labor Disputes
BGE 122 I 322
Children's Name Change Legal Aid Appeal
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OG 1995 28
Free Legal Aid Contingent on Plaintiff's Court Cost Advance Payment
JK 97 32 33 81
Free Legal Aid Costs and Sanction for Delayed Evidence in Appeal
JK 97 131 124
Financial Circumstances for Free Legal Aid Eligibility
OG 1995 33
Claimant Denied Free Legal Aid Based on Imputed Income
OG 1994 23
Partial Grant of Legal Aid Despite Property Equity

Questions juridiques clés extraites par Legislator

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§ 130 Abs. 1 ZPO

Cited as the main requirement for granting legal aid, which was ultimately denied for party costs but granted for court costs based on the party's financial situation.

§§ 56 und 58 KoV

Cited to determine the maximum fee allowable for a lawyer when granting legal aid, used to assess whether prior payments covered the costs.

Art. 66 al. 1 LTF

This provision is not explicitly cited in the dispositive section, which only contains the substantive and procedural ruling, not the cost provisions typically found in the final orders of the LTF (Swiss Federal Tribunal). The decision provided does not contain a standard dispositive section citing costs according to LTF rules; it presents the substantive outcome based on cantonal provisions.

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Rechtsprechung Luzern

Instanz: · Obergericht

Abteilung: · II. Kammer

Rechtsgebiet: · Zivilprozessrecht

Entscheiddatum: · 20.04.2004

Fallnummer: · 22 03 129

LGVE: · 2004 I Nr. 39

Leitsatz: · § 130 Abs. 1 ZPO; §§ 56 und 58 KoV. Beantragt eine Partei die unentgeltliche Rechtspflege für ihre Parteikosten, so kann ihr diese nicht gewährt werden, wenn sie vorgängig bereits Kostenvorschüsse an ihren Rechtsanwalt geleistet hat, welche die im Sinne der Kostenverordnung angemessene Entschädigung für den UR-Anwalt übersteigen.

Rechtskraft: · Diese Entscheidung ist rechtskräftig.