Questão jurídica principal
Whether the refusal to hear the applicant in the cantonal legal-aid appeal was arbitrary.
Decisão extraída
The authority could exceptionally dispense with the hearing because it gave a reasoned explanation and considered the hearing unnecessary after anticipatory assessment of the evidence.
Fundamentação extraída
Under Geneva procedural law, hearing is the rule, but departure from it is permissible if specifically justified. The challenged decision provided such justification, so no arbitrariness was shown.