Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal appellate court unlawfully denied free legal aid because the appeal was not hopeless
Decisão extraída
The appellate court could deny legal aid because the appeal was not shown to have any realistic prospect of success.
Fundamentação extraída
The federal court held that the complaint largely attacked the first-instance judgment instead of the appealed decision. The appellate court was entitled to find the appeal hopeless, especially on the substantiation of the alleged malpractice and on the hypothetical consent issue.