Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court violated the duty to give reasons when setting the ex officio lawyer's fee below the submitted cost note
Extracted holding
Yes. The decision did not explain which billed items were disallowed or why, so the lawyer could not understand or challenge the reduction.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 29(2) BV requires sufficient reasons. Although fee awards usually need no detailed explanation, a deviation from the cost note requires brief reasons for any reduction. Here the court only stated the final amount and an implied hourly calculation, but omitted the grounds for rejecting specific entries.