Question juridique clé
Whether the insured was entitled to free legal assistance/counsel in the pre-notice administrative procedure
Solution extraite
No entitlement existed because the pre-notice phase raised no exceptionally difficult factual or legal issues and the insured was able to handle the procedure herself.
Motifs extraits
Free legal counsel in administrative social-insurance proceedings is only granted when representation is objectively necessary under a strict standard; that was not the case here.