Key legal question
Whether the appeal against the refusal to replace appointed counsel was admissible before the Federal Court
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because the challenged cantonal decision concerned a refusal to change appointed counsel, an interlocutory ruling that in principle causes no irreparable harm, and the appellant no longer had a current interest after his legal aid had been withdrawn.
Extracted reasoning
Under Federal Court case law, a complaint against refusal of free legal aid is in principle open, but not a complaint against a mere refusal to change appointed counsel. Here the appellant did not challenge the withdrawal of legal aid itself, and his arguments did not address the cantonal court's main reasoning that he lacked sufficient interest.