Key legal question
Whether the refusal to replace ex officio counsel was admissible despite being an incidental decision.
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible because the refusal could cause irreparable prejudice where the lawyer himself acknowledged that no relationship of trust existed and effective defense was impossible.
Extracted reasoning
A refusal of substitute counsel normally causes no legal prejudice, but exceptional circumstances such as manifest inability to defend effectively can satisfy Art. 93(1)(a) LTF.