Questão jurídica principal
Whether the refusal of free legal assistance in the internal social-welfare appeal was unlawful.
Decisão extraída
The refusal was upheld because the appeal did not require legal representation and, in any event, the claims were not reasonably arguable.
Fundamentação extraída
The decisive question was not help with completing the form, but the legal challenge to the duty to submit it and the consequences of non-compliance. The authority and the Federal Supreme Court considered the challenge hopeless and therefore no constitutional right to appointed counsel arose.