Key legal question
Whether the public law appeal was admissible despite the availability of a cantonal nullity complaint against the fee decision.
Extracted holding
No. The fee order was not issued in last cantonal instance because a nullity complaint to the cantonal court was available under cantonal cost rules.
Extracted reasoning
For a decision limited to costs and fees, the relevant cantonal remedy is determined by the cantonal fee statute, not by the remedies applicable to the merits. Because the challenged order could be attacked by nullity complaint at the cantonal court, the exhaustion requirement was not met.