Whether the district court of Est vaudois should be recused as a body for appearance of bias.
Yes. The objective appearance of bias was established because the applicant had regular professional relations with the court's magistrates, who would hear the dispute.
Recusal is exceptional but must be granted where objectively established circumstances create an appearance of partiality, even without proof of actual bias. The professional relationship between the applicant judge and the colleagues deciding the case could raise such an appearance in the eyes of the opposing party and third parties.