Whether the East Vaud District Court should be recused as a body due to an appearance of bias arising from the applicant's judicial function in that court.
Yes. The court found that Q.________'s professional links with the other magistrates could objectively create an appearance of bias.
Recusal requires serious objective grounds, but here the applicant sits as a judge of patrimonial matters in the same court and maintains regular professional relations with the magistrates who would hear the case; this can create an appearance of prevention in the eyes of the opposing parties and third parties.