Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cantonal court violated Article 6(1) ECHR by refusing the requested public hearing
Decisione estratta
The refusal was unlawful because the request was timely and none of the recognized exceptions justified dispensing with a public hearing.
Motivazione estratta
The dispute was not merely technical, a written procedure did not guarantee reliable adjudication, and the complaint was neither manifestly unfounded nor inadmissible. A hearing could help clarify the contested causal link and allow oral submissions.