Refusal to admit professional counsel in district court

BGE 1 I 6Recueil officiel du Tribunal fédéral (ATF) / Volume I23 sept. 1875Dismissed

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Résumé Omnilex

Sutter, acting for widow Inauen, complained to the Standeskommission that the district court’s refusal to admit a professional advocate constituted denial of justice and violated equality. The Standeskommission replied on 5 June that, in light of the cited statutory provision, it could not require the district court to allow such counsel. The complaint was therefore not successful.

Regeste Omnilex

Professional representation; statutory restriction on admission of advocates. Where a cantonal authority refers to an express legal provision limiting the use of professional counsel before a district court, a supervisory complaint alleging denial of justice and inequality fails if the complainant seeks to compel the court to admit such an advocate contrary to that rule.

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Ueber dieses Erkenntniß beschwerte sich nun Hr. Sutter Namens der Wittwe Inauen bei der Standeskommission wegen Rechtsverweigerung und Verletzung der Rechtsgleichheit; allein diese ließ ihm mit Zuschrift vom 5. Juni d.J. anzeigen, daß sie mit Rücksicht auf die mehrerwähnte Gesetzesbestimmung das Bezirksgericht nicht anhalten könne, einen berufsmäßigen Advokaten zuzulassen.

Mots-clés

professional representationdenial of justiceequality before the lawsupervisory complaintadvocate admission

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Question juridique clé

Whether the district court had to allow a professional advocate to act for the widow Inauen.

Solution extraite

The Standeskommission stated it could not compel the district court to admit a professional advocate in view of the cited statutory provision.

Motifs extraits

The refusal was justified by the specific legislative rule invoked by the authority; on that basis, no intervention against the district court was possible.

Question juridique clé

Whether the refusal amounted to denial of justice or violation of equality before the law.

Solution extraite

The complaint was not upheld.

Motifs extraits

Because the authority relied on an express statutory restriction on professional advocacy, the alleged denial of justice and inequality were not accepted as a basis for intervention.

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