7 Apr 2009
UWE BALZAT V PENG ZHANG HC AK CIV 2008-404-006062
- Citation
- openlaw-035ba70e_8e41_42c0_ba6c_b78306500e66.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Applying the Muir two‑stage test, the judge concluded that the prior adverse ruling against counsel did not provide a factual basis for disqualification and would not lead a fair‑minded lay observer to reasonably apprehend bias; accordingly there were no grounds for recusal and the judge must sit.