Questão jurídica principal
Whether the self-requested recusal of the Tribunal d’arrondissement de Lausanne was admissible and well-founded under Art. 47(1)(f) CPC.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The court found that the respondent’s regular professional relations with the judges created an appearance of bias.
Fundamentação extraída
Recusal is exceptional but required where objective circumstances, or even their appearance, may raise doubts about impartiality; regular working relations within the same court were enough to justify the appearance of prevention.