Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appellant was entitled to party compensation in the cantonal proceedings for disputing her own fee as court-appointed counsel.
Decisão extraída
Yes. Denying any party compensation in these circumstances was arbitrary; the appellant had to be compensated for the necessary effort incurred to obtain an increase in her fee.
Fundamentação extraída
A party acting in her own cause normally has no right to party costs, but this exception does not apply where a court-appointed lawyer asserts a fee claim arising from a public-law mandate. If no compensation is granted for the appeal work needed to secure the fee increase, the owed remuneration is effectively reduced.