Key legal question
Whether the cantonal refusal to address the renewed legal-aid request complied with Art. 112(1) LTF
Extracted holding
No. After the renewed application with the judgment and new evidence identified, the authority had to issue a formal, reasoned decision explaining why legal aid was denied.
Extracted reasoning
The applicant could assume he had cured the defects of the first request. The authority could not simply refer back to its earlier non-entry decision; it had to address the new elements and state reasons. The failure to give any follow-up response left the formal defect uncured.