Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal court's inadmissibility decision for late payment of the cost advance was arbitrary or excessively formalistic.
Solution extraite
No. The deadline and the consequences of non-payment were clearly communicated, the advance was paid only after expiry, and the appellant could not rely on a duty of the court to wait for the outcome of parallel proceedings.
Motifs extraits
The appellant acknowledged receipt of the fee request and non-payment in time. The court had warned him of the consequences. The later federal proceedings on legal aid did not oblige the cantonal court to suspend or withdraw its request ex officio; good faith required the appellant to clarify his obligations.