Lawyer in the canton of Basel-Stadt

On ora., every lawyer is checked against a cantonal bar register, and every legal adviser proves a Swiss law degree. You filter by area of law, language and place, in Basel, Riehen or Bettingen, and compare profiles and fees. You book online, at the law firm or by video.

The Advokatenkammer Basel is the professional association of lawyers in Basel, where lawyers are traditionally called Advokatinnen and Advokaten. Membership is not the same as being entered in the cantonal bar register, which entitles a lawyer to appear in court. ora. checks that entry before a lawyer’s profile is published.

It depends on the practitioner and the case: every lawyer sets their own fee. On ora. you see it in the profile before booking, and the fees of practitioners in your region appear live on this page. ora.’s service fee sits on a separate line. You pay the practitioner directly.

Against a decision of a cantonal or municipal authority – a building permit or a decision of the municipality, for example – an internal appeal within the administration is often available first. After that, an appeal usually goes to the Appellationsgericht Basel-Stadt (court of appeal, sitting as administrative court). The deadline and the remedy are stated at the end of the decision. An administrative lawyer checks which route applies in your case and whether the deadline is still running.

Yes. The canton of Basel-Stadt consists of three municipalities – Basel, Riehen and Bettingen – and the courts are cantonal: the Zivilgericht Basel-Stadt, the Arbeitsgericht Basel-Stadt, the Strafgericht Basel-Stadt and the Appellationsgericht Basel-Stadt. For tenancy matters, the Staatliche Schlichtungsstelle für Mietstreitigkeiten is competent everywhere. A Basel law firm therefore knows the authorities of the whole canton.