Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal court committed a formal denial of justice by failing to decide the timely legal aid request before striking the appeal for non-payment of the advance costs.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The court had to address the request, even if translation was needed, rather than ignore it and strike the appeal solely for non-payment.
Fundamentação extraída
The record showed a timely request to be exempted from the advance costs while the deadline was still running. That circumstance obliged the court to rule on legal aid; by not doing so, it deprived the appellant of the possibility of proceeding free of charge if the conditions were met.