Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal court violated Art. 6 ECHR by refusing a timely requested public hearing
Decisão extraída
Yes. The request was clear, timely, and not waived; no recognised exception justified dispensing with a public oral hearing.
Fundamentação extraída
A public hearing in social insurance proceedings is generally required on request. The dispute was not highly technical, the complaint was not obviously inadmissible or unfounded, and the written file did not eliminate the need for an oral hearing.