Legal Aid for Administrative Appeal Costs in Social Assistance Case

The appellant sought reimbursement for costs associated with legal representation during administrative appeal proceedings concerning social assistance, having been initially granted legal aid for the main proceedings but denied it for the subsequent administrative appeal to the cantonal government. The court reasoned that the right to state-funded legal assistance in administrative appeal proceedings, even when connected to initial social assistance issues, is subject to stringent conditions; because the appellant's financial situation was still precarious but the appeal only concerned reimbursement of costs rather than the substantive claim for social assistance, the conditions for granting such aid in the appeal phase were not met, leading to the dismissal of the appeal.