Question juridique clé
Whether free legal aid and a party compensation are owed for the pension fund's internal objection procedure
Solution extraite
No. Article 29(3) Constitution does not apply because the internal procedure lacks external binding effect and is not a state procedure within the meaning of the case law on legal aid.
Motifs extraits
The pension fund has no sovereign power; its objection procedure is only internal will-formation. Enforceable rights in occupational pensions are pursued by court action under BVG Art. 73, not by a binding objection decision. The jurisprudence on legal aid for preparatory administrative proceedings therefore does not extend to this internal procedure.