Key legal question
Whether the conciliation authorization issued by a manifestly incompetent authority was valid and could found a lawsuit.
Extracted holding
An authorization to proceed issued by a manifestly incompetent conciliation authority is not valid, so the action is inadmissible.
Extracted reasoning
The existence of a valid authorization to proceed is an admissibility requirement examined ex officio. Because competence of the conciliation authority depended on cantonal law and the authority lacked competence ratione valoris, its act was void and had no legal effect.