Key legal question
Whether free legal counsel was required for the bankruptcy office's settlement meeting on the sale of co-owned property shares
Extracted holding
No. The settlement talks were not shown to require counsel under Art. 29(3) BV, because the office did not decide substantive rights and the debtors could present their position without a lawyer.
Extracted reasoning
The bankruptcy office merely facilitated a practical solution for realization; it did not adjudicate the validity of the purchase contract or other substantive civil-law questions. The debtors' arguments were therefore misplaced, and no special factual or legal difficulty justified appointed counsel.