Key legal question
Whether the insured met the economic conditions for free legal aid in the AI opposition procedure
Extracted holding
The cantonal court could not validly reject legal aid on indigence grounds without first hearing the insured on his financial situation and the evidence from the social welfare office.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that a party must be able to comment on a new legal basis and on evidence gathered by the court. Since the cantonal court relied on lack of indigence, a ground not previously debated, it had to allow the insured to address his financial status and the social welfare documents; otherwise the right to be heard is violated.