Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Geneva fee-taxation commission was competent ratione loci and in what scope it could review the fee note.
Decisão extraída
The commission was competent to determine the amount of fees and expenses, but not to rule on the substantive execution of the mandate or set-off claims, which belong to the ordinary civil judge.
Fundamentação extraída
Under the Geneva Lawyers Act, the commission only fixes the amount of fees and costs; it does not decide the existence or final amount of the debt or disputes about mandate performance.