Question juridique clé
Whether a single cantonal judge could declare the social-insurance appeal inadmissible for late payment of the advance on costs
Solution extraite
No. Under Vaud procedural law, the single-judge competence for striking a case from the roll did not extend to declaring inadmissibility for untimely payment of the advance on costs.
Motifs extraits
The court distinguished striking a case from the roll, which concerns cases that have become devoid of purpose, from inadmissibility, which is a separate procedural sanction. Extending single-judge competence to inadmissibility would contradict the wording, structure, and purpose of the cantonal rules and would undermine the ordinary three-judge composition.