Key legal question
Whether the refusal of unentgeltliche Verbeiständung in the appeal proceedings was lawful
Extracted holding
The refusal was lawful because the appellant's submission was sufficiently clear, the issue was narrow, no complex factual or legal questions required counsel, and the appeal had no serious chance of success.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 65 VwVG, legal aid requires indigence and non-frivolous prospects; the underlying challenge to the settlement was plainly weak, and the appellant had already presented his arguments adequately.