Whether the spontaneous recusal request of the entire Lausanne District Court should be admitted for appearance of bias.
Yes. Regular professional contacts between the judge concerned and the members who would hear the case create an objective appearance of partiality.
Recusal is exceptional but required where objectively established circumstances create an appearance of bias. Here, the judge's role within the same district court and her regular professional relations with the deciding members could cause third parties and the opposing party to doubt impartiality.