Whether the appeal was admissible despite non-payment of the ordered advance of costs.
No. The appeal had to be declared inadmissible because the advance of costs was not paid and no legal-aid request was filed within the deadline.
The advance-cost order was validly notified under the notification fiction after the uncollected registered mailing, and the appellant was warned twice of the consequence of non-payment. Under Art. 47 al. 3 LPA-VD, failure to comply leads to non-entry into the matter.