Refusal to admit professional counsel in district court

BGE 1 I 6Raccolta ufficiale del Tribunale federale (DTF) / Volume I23 set 1875Dismissed

Sintesi

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.

Regest

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.

Parole chiave

professional representationdenial of justiceequality before the lawsupervisory complaintadvocate admission