recusal – Current Awareness

Bad Optics: The High Court Focuses on Panel Member’s Apparent Bias in Suleman v General Optical Council [2023] EWHC 2110 (Admin) – Mountford Chambers

Posted November 14th, 2023 in appeals, bias, chambers articles, conflict of interest, employment, news, recusal by sally

‘On 16 August 2023 the High Court handed down its judgment allowing the appeal in Suleman v General Optical Council [2023] EWHC 2110 (Admin). The High Court found that a panel member should have recused himself due to his connections to the appellant’s former employer. His failure to do so tainted the entire proceedings.’

Mountford Chambers, 3rd October 2023

Source: www.mountfordchambers.com

Ex-judges “need guidance or regulation” on post-retirement work – Legal Futures

Posted June 19th, 2023 in computer programs, employment, fraud, judges, news, postal service, professional conduct, recusal, retirement, theft by sally

‘The Post Office’s use of two former senior judges in its defence of the sub-postmaster prosecutions indicates the need for guidance or regulation on what judges do in retirement, it has been argued.’

Legal Futures, 19th June 2023

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Court orders judge’s recusal due to “business association” with defendant – Legal Futures

Posted January 23rd, 2023 in banking, bias, judges, news, recusal by tracey

‘The High Court has ruled that a circuit judge should not hear any more of a claim against HSBC because his own relationship with the bank raised the risk of apparent bias.’

Legal Futures, 23rd January 2023

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Alleged Islamophobia in misconduct proceedings: El Diwany – Law & Religion UK

Posted November 18th, 2022 in appeals, disciplinary procedures, employment, equality, harassment, Islam, news, professional conduct, recusal, religious discrimination, solicitors by tracey

‘Mr Farid El Diwany was twice convicted in Norway of harassment [16] and, in consequence, was struck off the Roll of Solicitors [16(ix)]. In El Diwany v Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd [2022] EWHC 2882 (Admin), he appealed against an order of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (“the SDT”) dated 18 November 2021 refusing his application to be restored to the Roll [1].’

Law & Religion UK, 16th November 2022

Source: lawandreligionuk.com

Judge married to Tory grandee refuses to recuse herself in ex-MP case – Legal Futures

Posted January 24th, 2022 in families, judges, news, parliament, rape, recusal, sexual offences by tracey

‘A High Court judge married to a senior Conservative politician refused to recuse herself from dealing with a contact dispute that involved a disgraced ex-Tory MP, it has emerged.’

Legal Futures, 24th January 2022

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Judge rejects recusal application after barristers withdraw – Legal Futures

Posted April 21st, 2021 in barristers, bias, case management, complaints, judges, news, recusal by tracey

‘A judge has rejected a recusal application on the grounds of apparent bias made after two barristers withdrew at the last minute from a hearing and complained about his conduct of the case.’

Legal Futures, 21st April 2021

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Rare public judgment on s.24 application for removal of arbitrator – Littleton Chambers

Posted April 14th, 2021 in arbitration, bias, chambers articles, news, recusal, Saudi Arabia, sport by sally

‘The Commercial Court (HHJ Pelling QC) recently handed down judgment in the case of Newcastle United Football Company Limited v (1) The Football Association Premier League Limited (2) Michael Beloff QC (3) Lord Neuberger (4) Lord Dyson [2021] EWHC 349 (Comm).’

Littleton Chambers, 16th March 2021

Source: littletonchambers.com

Senior judge criticises counsel for withdrawing from case without explanation – Legal Futures

Posted April 6th, 2021 in adjournment, barristers, conflict of interest, judges, news, recusal by sally

‘A supervising judge has criticised counsel who withdrew on the eve of an important consequentials hearing for not specifying the concerns they had raised about the conduct of the trial judge.’

Legal Futures, 6th April 2021

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Children: Public Law Update (March 2021) – Family Law Week

Posted March 26th, 2021 in care orders, children, criminal justice, documents, families, family courts, judgments, news, placement orders, recusal by tracey

‘John Tughan QC of 4PB considers the latest judgments that Public law child lawyers need to know about.’

Family Law Week, 24th March 2021

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

W (Children): judge’s recusal does not indicate bias – Transparency Project

Posted December 21st, 2020 in appeals, bias, children, contact orders, families, judges, news, recusal by sally

‘Reading the case name W (Children: Reopening/recusal) I assumed that this would be another of those applications by a party, invariably the father, for the recusal of the judge in a children application, on the basis of alleged bias.’

Transparency Project, 18th December 2020

Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk

The Perils of Zoom: the Court allows an appeal against a judge’s refusal to recuse herself after she was inadvertently overheard making negative comments about a party during a Zoom hearing – 1 GC: Family Law

Posted October 27th, 2020 in appeals, internet, judges, news, recusal, remote hearings by sally

‘The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against a judge’s refusal to recuse herself after she was overheard making pejorative comments about a party during a break in a Zoom hearing, and brings the perils of a remote hearing into sharp focus. Tahmina Rahman, barrister at 1 GC Family Law, examines the issues.’

1 GC: Family Law, 21st October 2020

Source: 1gc.com

Another recusal refusal – but this time the Court of Appeal steps in – Transparency Project

Posted August 5th, 2020 in appeals, bias, causing death of children or vulnerable adults, children, coronavirus, delay, families, judges, news, recusal, remote hearings by sally

‘In the second such case in a month, a judge has refused to recuse herself at the request of a litigant, but on this occasion the Court of Appeal has reversed that decision and ordered that she step down from the case and let another judge take over.’

Transparency Project, 3rd August 2020

Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk

Relationships with counsel and chambers – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 28th, 2020 in bias, judiciary, news, recusal by sally

‘It is of fundamental importance that judicial decisions should be made free from bias or partiality – it has long been recognised that justice must not only be done but must also be seen to be done (R v Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy [1924] 1 KB 256). A judge must, therefore, recuse themselves in circumstances of actual or apparent bias.’

Law Society's Gazette, 27th July 2020

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Judge rejects calls for recusal in planning case amid accusations of bias – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 27th, 2020 in bias, injunctions, judges, local government, news, planning, recusal by sally

‘A High Court judge has refused to recuse himself from a planning case involving Surrey Heath Borough Council after claimants accused him of bias.’

Local Government Lawyer, 23rd July 2020

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Judge refuses to recuse herself over counsel link – Litigation Futures

Posted July 8th, 2020 in barristers, bias, judges, litigants in person, McKenzie friends, news, recusal by sally

‘A High Court judge has refused a request from a litigant in person to recuse herself from hearing a case where she had briefly supervised counsel for the defendants at her old chambers.’

Litigation Futures, 8th July 2020

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

QC says judge should have recused himself in school friend case – Litigation Futures

Posted May 18th, 2020 in barristers, bias, judges, news, recusal by sally

‘Leading QC Dinah Rose has questioned the decision of a judge not to recuse himself from hearing a case where he had been at school with the director of a defendant company more than 45 years ago.’

Litigation Futures, 14th May 2020

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Judge denies bias in favour of former school friend – Litigation Futures

Posted May 13th, 2020 in bias, disclosure, insolvency, judges, news, recusal by sally

‘A judge has rejected a recusal application on the grounds of apparent bias, based on him being in the same class at school as the director of a defendant company more than 45 years ago.’

Litigation Futures, 13th May 2020

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Judge attacks S&G for “wholly unacceptable” failure – Legal Futures

Posted March 4th, 2020 in death in custody, detention, disclosure, documents, evidence, injunctions, judges, law firms, mental health, news, police, professional conduct, recusal, restraint by sally

A High Court judge has strongly criticised Slater & Gordon (S&G) for a “wholly unacceptable” failure to give him a crucial letter when applying for an urgent injunction in a police misconduct case.

Legal Futures, 4th March 2020

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Short shrift for bias and recusal submissions in police misconduct hearings – UK Police Law Blog

Posted February 27th, 2020 in bias, disciplinary procedures, news, police, recusal by tracey

‘In R (Short) v (1) Police Misconduct Tribunal (2) Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police [2020] EWHC 385 (Admin), Mr Justice Saini delivered a resounding reaffirmation that misconduct hearing panels are well able to put irrelevant and prejudicial matters out of their minds rather than having to recuse themselves and that they are able to determine their own procedures, just like civil courts and tribunals.’

UK Police Law Blog, 27th February 2020

Source: ukpolicelawblog.com

High Court recuses “organ grinder” circuit judge – Legal Futures

Posted November 14th, 2019 in bias, case management, judges, news, recusal by tracey

‘The High Court has ordered the recusal of a circuit judge who used “intemperate language” and told a barrister that he expected to see “the organ grinder” appear at the next hearing of a case.’

Legal Futures, 13th November 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

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