Question juridique clé
Whether the refusal of cantonal legal aid in the social insurance appeal was lawful.
Solution extraite
Legal aid could be refused because the appeal lacked sufficient prospects of success and the case was not particularly difficult.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 61 let. f LPGA, legal aid requires indigence, necessity of counsel, and non-frivolous claims. The cantonal court could find the appeal hopeless, especially since the appellant lacked a protected current interest in attacking the child-pension decision.