Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cantonal court violated Article 6(1) ECHR by refusing the claimant's request for a public hearing.
Decisione estratta
Yes. None of the exceptions allowing refusal of a requested public hearing applied, so the cantonal court had to hold one.
Motivazione estratta
The request was timely and clear, the case was not frivolous, not obviously inadmissible, and not highly technical; the dispute concerned a medical/working-capacity assessment, which does not justify dispensing with an oral public hearing.