Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court violated Article 6 ECHR by refusing a public hearing despite a timely request
Extracted holding
The refusal was permissible because the case could be decided on the file and no evidence requiring oral hearing had been requested.
Extracted reasoning
Public hearings may be omitted in limited exceptional circumstances; in this social insurance case the assessment of medical work capacity depended primarily on the written record, and no witness or party examinations were sought.