Questão jurídica principal
Whether legal aid counsel may challenge the amount of his fee note by appealing in the client's name
Decisão extraída
The fee note directly affects the lawyer's own legal position; therefore, if he wants to contest the amount of his remuneration, he must file the appeal in his own name.
Fundamentação extraída
The represented party is not prejudiced by an allegedly too low fee note because the law protects it from additional claims by the lawyer and may even benefit it if the state later seeks reimbursement from the party. The lawyer therefore lacks standing to attack that part of the judgment in the client's name.