Key legal question
Whether the appellant was entitled to party compensation for representation by a non-lawyer in the cantonal administrative appeal
Extracted holding
No. The cantonal rule limiting compensation to lawyers or lawyer-equivalent representatives is constitutionally permissible.
Extracted reasoning
The distinction between representation entitlement and compensation entitlement rests on serious objective reasons; lawyers' licensed and supervised status justifies special treatment. No independent constitutional right to compensation for non-lawyer representatives exists.