Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court violated the right to be heard or committed excessive formalism by rejecting the recusal request because the alleged remarks were not recorded in the hearing minutes.
Extracted holding
No. A party requesting recusal at a hearing must ensure that the relevant grounds are entered in the record; the cantonal court had no duty to investigate further or invite later clarification.
Extracted reasoning
The right to be heard does not relieve a represented party from complying with procedural rules requiring immediate and formal assertion of grounds. Requiring verbalization on the record is not excessive formalism, especially where counsel was present.