Questão jurídica principal
Whether the first judge was biased and the cantonal decision had to be set aside.
Decisão extraída
No objective appearance of bias was shown; the post-decision comments on the lengthy appeal and language skills did not establish grounds for recusal.
Fundamentação extraída
No recusal request had been made before the cantonal judgment, and the later criticism concerned the excessive length of counsel’s submission, not extrajudicial prejudice.