Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the lawyer could be appointed ex officio counsel under Art. 41 LTF because the client was abroad and of unknown domicile.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. Art. 41 LTF applies only when the Federal Supreme Court orders a litigant who filed personally to act through counsel; it does not apply where the appeal was not lodged personally by the client.
Extrahierte Begründung
The client had not seized the court personally, so the statutory precondition for compulsory representation was absent.