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Amended legal aid appointment: substitute counsel appointed

BVerfG 1 BvR 3269/08Bverfg / 1. Senat 2. KammerSep 13, 2011Granted

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Omnilex summary

The Federal Constitutional Court amended its earlier legal-aid order of 30 May 2011. Instead of attorney Dr. L., attorney Dr. H. was appointed as counsel for the applicant. The amendment was expressly limited so that no higher costs may arise for the public treasury.

Omnilex headnote

§ 22 Abs. 1 S. 1 BVerfGG, § 114 S. 1 ZPO, § 121 Abs. 2 ZPO; substitution of appointed counsel in legal aid proceedings: An existing PKH appointment may be amended and another lawyer appointed in place of prior counsel, provided the statutory requirements for legal aid representation remain satisfied and the change does not entail higher costs for the state treasury. The decisive point is the continuity of the legal-aid mandate; the court may adjust the person of counsel without altering the scope of state financial burden (cf. consid. 1).

Full text

BVerfG — 1 BvR 3269/08, Prozesskostenhilfebeschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2011-09-13

Aktenzeichen: 1 BvR 3269/08

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2011:rk20110913.1bvr326908

Dokumenttyp: Prozesskostenhilfebeschluss

Normen: § 22 Abs 1 S 1 BVerfGG, § 114 S 1 ZPO, § 121 Abs 2 ZPO

Vorinstanz: vorgehend BVerwG, 22. Oktober 2008, Az: 6 PKH 26/08, Beschlussvorgehend Hamburgisches Oberverwaltungsgericht, 23. Juli 2008, Az: 4 Bf 141/07, Urteilvorgehend VG Hamburg, 29. März 2007, Az: 10 K 2418/06, Urteilvorgehend BVerfG, 16. Dezember 2008, Az: 1 BvR 3269/08, Einstweilige Anordnungvorgehend BVerfG, 30. Mai 2011, Az: 1 BvR 3269/08, Prozesskostenhilfebeschluss

Spruchkörper: 1. Senat 2. Kammer

Titelzeile

Abänderung einer PKH-Bewilligung: Beiordnung eines anderen Rechtsanwalts

Tenor

Der Prozesskostenhilfebeschluss vom 30. Mai 2011 wird dahingehend geändert, dass an Stelle von Rechtsanwalt Dr. L. nunmehr Rechtsanwalt Dr. H. beigeordnet wird.

Die Abänderung der Beiordnung erfolgt mit der Maßgabe, dass hierdurch für die Staatskasse keine höheren Kosten entstehen.

Keywords

legal aidappointed counselsubstitutioncost limitationconstitutional complaint

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the legal aid appointment should be amended to appoint a different lawyer.

Extracted holding

The prior legal aid order was amended so that Dr. H. is appointed instead of Dr. L.

Extracted reasoning

The order states that the previous appointment is changed accordingly; the substitution is allowed subject to the condition that no higher costs arise for the treasury.

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