Key legal question
Whether the spontaneous recusal request against the entire Tribunal d'arrondissement de l'Est vaudois is admissible and well-founded.
Extracted holding
The request was admissible and should be granted because the employment relationship of B.V.________ at the court could objectively create an appearance of bias for members and staff.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 47(1)(f) CPC, recusal is required where impartiality may be doubted; objective appearances matter when supported by concrete facts. Regular professional contacts between B.V.________ and the court's members could give rise to an appearance of partiality, so recusal of the court as a body was justified.