Key legal question
Whether the parties tacitly agreed to apply the VSI-ASAI fee regulations and tariff to the mandate.
Extracted holding
Yes. The client’s silence after receiving the fee contract and tariff, together with payment of advances and other conduct, constituted acceptance of the fee offer by conduct.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 394(3) CO, remuneration may arise from agreement, express or tacit. The court held that the architect’s offer was clear and the client’s conduct, assessed under the principle of trust, objectively signified assent; no federal law was violated.