Key legal question
Whether the refusal of free legal aid was admissible as a separately appealable interim decision
Extracted holding
Yes. The refusal of counsel in cantonal social-insurance proceedings was a separately appealable interim decision that could cause irreparable harm.
Extracted reasoning
A refusal of unentgeltliche Verbeiständung in a public-law matter not excluded by law may be challenged under Art. 93(1)(a) BGG because the lack of counsel can create irreparable prejudice.