Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal court violated the right to legal aid by failing to decide the appellant's request before declaring the appeal inadmissible for non-payment of the advance on costs.
Solution extraite
Yes. The judge could not simply treat the request as misdirected and forward it elsewhere; he had to decide on the request addressed to the appeal proceedings.
Motifs extraits
The request was sent after the extension of the deadline for the advance, bore the same reference number, and expressly concerned coverage of the appeal-related advance costs. The authority therefore had to respond to it; failing to do so breached Art. 29(3) Constitution.