Questão jurídica principal
Whether cantonal fee-moderation law, not federal mandate law, governed the attorney's fees
Decisão extraída
The cantonal moderation rules applied because the services concerned work before judicial authorities and no fee agreement existed.
Fundamentação extraída
Swiss public cantonal law may regulate lawyers' remuneration for court work; federal private mandate rules apply only subsidiarily. Article 45 LPAv/VD therefore governed the fee assessment.