Questão jurídica principal
Whether the refusal to hold a requested public hearing violated Article 6 ECHR
Decisão extraída
The insured person had timely and clearly requested a public hearing; none of the exceptions to the duty to hold one applied, so the refusal violated Article 6(1) ECHR.
Fundamentação extraída
The case concerned a civil right under Article 6 ECHR. The request was neither abusive nor dilatory, the appeal was not obviously inadmissible or manifestly unfounded, the medical and employability questions were not highly technical, and the claim could not be decided solely on the file.