Key legal question
Whether legal aid can be granted after the revision proceedings have ended by settlement.
Extracted holding
No. Post hoc legal aid is only possible if the applicant applied before the end of the proceedings and did everything necessary for a decision on the request.
Extracted reasoning
Legal aid under § 114 ZPO serves to enable intended litigation. After a legal stage has ended, later approval is only possible if a timely application was filed and all required documents were submitted before closure; here the claimant filed the request before the settlement but did not attach any evidence required by § 117(2) ZPO.