Whether the contractual clause designating Lausanne courts excluded the judge competent to moderate attorney fees under LPAv.
No. The forum clause governed only any civil dispute about the mandate contract, not the statutory moderation procedure; Article 50 LPAv creates a mandatory forum tied to the court of the underlying case.
Fee moderation is a separate, essentially administrative control of attorney fees. Because the mandate concerned litigation before the East Vaud court, the president of that court was the only competent authority under Article 50 LPAv. The appellants confused moderation with a contractual dispute over performance of the mandate.