Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the refusal of legal aid was justified because the applicant's case lacked sufficient chances of success.
Decisione estratta
On the facts as found, it could not be said that the applicant's counterclaims and defenses were hopeless; the cantonal court had relied on an insufficiently established finding of default and loss of rights.
Motivazione estratta
The applicant's letter was ambiguous, and in any event the contractor had not repaired within the deadline. The record did not support a finding that the applicant remained bound by her earlier choice of repair or that an action for price reduction was excluded. Legal aid may be refused only when prospects are clearly inferior to the risks, assessed summarily at the time of the request.