Key legal question
How should the party compensation be calculated when counsel is retained only in the appeal stage?
Extracted holding
Where counsel is engaged only in the appeal proceedings, the fee is not reduced solely because the lawyer already knows the case; instead, because appellate proceedings are usually narrower and less extensive, Art. 27(1)(d) HonO applies, allowing up to nine-tenths of the base fee.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 26 HonO normally applies to appeal proceedings, but it is tailored to cases where the party was already represented in first instance. If counsel is retained only on appeal, the proceeding is an 'incomplete process' because of the limitation of new allegations and the restriction to reviewing the lower-court decision, so Art. 27(1)(d) HonO governs.