Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal appellate court had to annul the lower court order because of a hearing-rights violation in fixing party compensation.
Decisão extraída
The hearing-rights defect could be cured on appeal because the appellate court obtained the lower judge's later explanation and the complainant could respond; the complaint did not show why cure was impossible.
Fundamentação extraída
A hearing violation does not automatically require annulment if the appellate instance has at least equal review powers and the breach is not especially severe. Those conditions were met here.