Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the departmental non-entry decision for non-payment of the cost advance should be annulled
Decisione estratta
No. The cost-advance rule under § 38(2) VRG provides a clear legal basis, and the appellant did not show that payment was impossible.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that free access to proceedings exists only if the case is not hopeless. Since the underlying complaint had already been found hopeless, and the appellant failed to demonstrate actual inability to pay the modest advance, the refusal of access was lawful.