Key legal question
Whether the appeal against the cantonal judgment refusing administrative legal aid was admissible under the Federal Supreme Court Act.
Extracted holding
The cantonal judgment was an interlocutory decision; because no irreparable harm was shown, the appeal was inadmissible.
Extracted reasoning
The legal-aid issue remained ancillary to ongoing merits proceedings on disability benefits, and the administrative procedure for which counsel was sought had already ended, so only fee allocation remained.