Key legal question
Whether the reduction of the appointed counsel fee for the appellate proceedings was arbitrary
Extracted holding
The cantonal court could reasonably limit compensable work to 50 hours and award CHF 10,370.15; the reduction was not arbitrary.
Extracted reasoning
The file was largely familiar, no expert reports were filed, the opposing submissions were limited, and the appellate pleadings introduced little new. Under the cantonal tariff and constitutional standards, only necessary and proportionate work is compensable.