10 Aug 2022
DELIU v THE NATIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE AND ANOR [2022] NZHC 1972
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 1972
- Court
- High Court
The Court declined to invite or compel the judge to provide the disclosure sought because (1) it is not established the Court can routinely compel a judicial officer to disclose; (2) even if such power exists it should only be exercised where there are reasonable evidential grounds to justify further inquiry; and (3) the applicant failed to show reasonable grounds that the judge's prior tribunal membership, professional appointments, conference participation or being photographed with counsel gave rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias or warranted compelled disclosure, particularly given…
- Apparent bias
- Judicial disclosure obligations
- Recusal
- Recall of judgments
- Jurisdiction to compel judicial disclosure