Question juridique clé
Whether a retroactive request for legal aid filed after final closure of the proceedings is admissible.
Solution extraite
The request was filed too late and, absent exceptional grounds such as urgent necessity or a breach of the court’s duty to inform, could not be granted retroactively after final judgment.
Motifs extraits
Legal aid is generally prospective and serves access to court; once the proceedings are finally closed, retroactive approval is excluded except in narrowly defined exceptional situations, which were neither alleged nor present here.