Questão jurídica principal
Whether members of the Geneva bar commission had to recuse themselves for apparent bias
Decisão extraída
No recusal was required because the appellant knew the relevant facts in time to request recusal, and no objective circumstances showed appearance of partiality requiring spontaneous disqualification.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that Art. 29(1) Cst. applies to administrative authorities, but only objective circumstances can create an appearance of bias. The appellant had enough information by 30 May 2006 to seek formal recusal and did not do so in time; the later transmission of the commission’s observations would not have changed that assessment.