- Title
- Apprehension of bias and the spectacle of the fair-minded observer: a survey of recent commonwealth and South African decisions on pre-judgment
- Creator
- Okpaluba, Chuks, Juma, Laurence
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/126107
- Identifier
- vital:35850
- Identifier
- http://specjuris.ufh.ac.za/apprehension-bias-and-spectacle-fair-minded-observer-survey-recent-commonwealth-and-south-african
- Description
- A perusal of contemporary Commonwealth case law reveals that allegations of bias or apprehension of bias tend to revolve around the pecuniary or other interests of the Judge arising from kinship, previous relationship, or association with party or counsel.1Apparent bias could also be inferred from the judge‘s conduct or utterances, especially, his/her criticisms or cumulative criticisms of a party during proceedings or in adjudication.2In other instances, a judge‘s previous knowledge or association with the case in court, or of an important witness, may disqualify him/her from sitting or passing judgment in the case.3
- Format
- 22 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Speculum Juris, Okpaluba, C. and Juma, L., 2014. Apprehension of bias and the spectacle of the fair-minded observer: a survey of recent commonwealth and South African decisions on pre-judgment. Speculum Juris, 28(2), pp.19-40., Speculum Juris volume 28 number 2 19 40 2014 2523-2177
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