Key legal question
Whether refusal of access to the lease contract violated the parties' right to be heard
Extracted holding
Yes. The cantonal court relied on the lease contract without addressing confidentiality and without granting access or alternative disclosure.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 23 VRPG and Art. 29(2) BV, a party must be allowed to inspect file materials unless overriding secrecy interests justify withholding, and if access is refused the authority must disclose the essential contents before relying on the document to the party's detriment.