Key legal question
Whether the attorney had standing to challenge the refusal of legal aid granted to his deceased client.
Extracted holding
He had no personally protected legal interest and therefore no standing to appeal the merits of the refusal.
Extracted reasoning
The right to legal aid is strictly personal and belongs only to the party to the proceedings. After the client’s death, any right to legal aid lapses; a lawyer cannot derive standing merely from a factual interest in being paid by the state.