Question juridique clé
Whether the civil complaint against the refusal of legal aid was admissible before the Federal Supreme Court
Solution extraite
The complaint was admissible in principle because the refusal of legal aid in the cantonal proceeding was an appealable intermediate decision causing irreparable harm; new facts and evidence were inadmissible.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 93(1)(a) BGG, refusal of legal aid can cause non-reparable prejudice. Since the main action was a civil negative declaration claim, the same remedy lay against the legal-aid ruling.