Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal court violated the right to be heard by not allowing the appellant to comment on proof of filing legal-aid papers and on an ex officio inquiry response.
Solution extraite
Yes. The appellant had to be given the opportunity to prove that he had submitted the legal-aid request and to comment on the authority's response before the appeal was declared lapsed.
Motifs extraits
The cantonal court relied on a ground of inadmissibility that had never been put to the appellant in that form. It also relied on an ex officio fax from the legal-aid office without showing that the appellant had been invited to comment on it.