Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appeal was admissible against the cantonal fee-taxation decision.
Decisão extraída
The appeal was admitted as far as admissibility was concerned, despite doubts arising from the nature of the cantonal decision and the lack of a statutory cantonal appeal route.
Fundamentação extraída
The Court relied on past practice, the appellants' good-faith reliance, and held that the case could be entered into; it also noted that the decision only concerned a preliminary question on hours and hourly rate.