Question juridique clé
Whether the lower court had to hold a new oral main hearing after remittal before deciding on the substitute claim.
Solution extraite
No. Given that only the reduction of the substitute claim had to be examined after remittal, and the appellant was able to file written submissions, the absence of a further main hearing did not violate federal law or Article 6 ECHR.
Motifs extraits
A new hearing is not automatically required after remittal; it is mainly needed for fresh fact-finding. Here no new factual elements had to be clarified, so written proceedings were sufficient.