Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the members of the Zurich Court of Appeal and the court secretary had to be recused for appearance of bias after their witness-order ruling.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The recusal request was unfounded; the challenged comments and witness-order reasoning did not create an objective appearance of bias.
Extrahierte Begründung
Erroneous procedural or evidentiary views do not by themselves show partiality. The court's statement that partial testimony would be hard to verify and thus should be treated cautiously was a plausible assessment, not a particularly grave error or fixed prejudgment.