A combination of adverse rulings, adverse findings of fact, costs orders, and discussion of a litigant's possible mental incapacity does not, without more, give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias where the rulings are explicable by the merits and the judge has also made rulings favourable to the litigant. The principles governing summary dismissal as abuse of process apply equally to disciplinary proceedings against legal practitioners.
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