Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the appeal against the refusal of legal aid remained admissible after the parties settled and the main proceedings ended.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. Because the settlement, ratified as a judgment, ended the case, there was no longer any pending or to-be-opened case within the meaning of Art. 117(b) CPC, so the appellant lacked a legally protected interest.
Extrahierte Begründung
Legal aid under Art. 117 CPC presupposes a pending or prospective case. Once the parties' convention was ratified and had the effects of a final judgment, the proceedings were terminated; the legal-aid request had become moot and the appeal could not be heard.