Question juridique clé
Whether the grant of free legal aid may be made subject to a condition, specifically surrender of an unencumbered mortgage note as security for the state's recourse claim.
Solution extraite
Yes. The court held that legal aid may be granted conditionally and that surrender of the mortgage note as collateral for the state's reimbursement claim was permissible.
Motifs extraits
Because the applicant was wealthy but lacked liquidity, it was justified to secure the state's statutory recourse claim by requiring delivery of the unencumbered mortgage note; the applicant had herself proposed this solution.