Key legal question
Whether the victim support authority had to reimburse legal fees beyond 12 hours of representation.
Extracted holding
No. Because the parties had agreed to a 12-hour cost cap and no convincing request for extension was made, reimbursement beyond that limit was not owed.
Extracted reasoning
Victim support assistance must remain controllable by the counselling authority; further legal aid required a new request or substantiation, especially for appeals up to the Federal Supreme Court. The appellant failed to show why the cap was insufficient or why further proceedings were justified.