Questão jurídica principal
Whether the civil appeal against denial of legal aid was admissible as a challenge to an interim decision.
Decisão extraída
Yes; the denial of legal aid was an appealable interim decision because it could cause irreparable harm and the main case was a civil damages claim.
Fundamentação extraída
The Court held that the legal-aid ruling was a final cantonal decision in pending proceedings and, as an interim decision, was subject to appeal under the BGG because the main action was a civil tort claim with the requisite amount in dispute.