Question juridique clé
Whether the refusal of legal aid for the first-instance proceedings was lawful
Solution extraite
Yes. The applicant failed to make his financial situation plausible and did not sufficiently cooperate by providing current documents and explanations.
Motifs extraits
A legal-aid applicant bears a comprehensive duty to cooperate and must substantiate income, assets, and financial obligations. The authority need not investigate on its own unless uncertainties remain. Reference to older submissions was insufficient because the decisive financial situation had to be shown at the time of the new request.