Question juridique clé
Whether a Bern-based lawyer not entered in any cantonal register could validly file a civil appeal on behalf of the parties.
Solution extraite
No. Without cantonal register entry, the lawyer lacked authority to represent the parties professionally and to file the appeal.
Motifs extraits
Art. 68(2)(a) CPC refers to lawyers authorized under the BGFA, i.e. registered lawyers. Since Bern did not use the Art. 3(2) BGFA reservation to admit unregistered lawyers before its courts, the unregistered attorney was excluded from the anwalt monopoly.