Facts
A. acted as the free legal representative of the private plaintiff B. in a criminal case against X. for intentional simple assault. He submitted a fee note of CHF 13,889.35, upon which the District Court of Zurich awarded him compensation of CHF 11,574.90. A. filed a complaint against this determination, which was dismissed by the High Court of the Canton of Zurich.
A. now appeals in criminal matters to the Federal Supreme Court and requests that the compensation be set at CHF 11,834.50 plus value-added tax.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court adheres to its case law, according to which the determination of the lawyer's fee within the framework of a lump sum is permissible. In the case of fee assessment based on lump-sum amounts, all procedural efforts are considered as a unified whole, and the actual time spent is only taken into account within the framework of the tariff rate.
The Federal Supreme Court emphasizes that lump-sum fees serve the equal treatment…