Section 176 of the District Court Act 1973 (NSW) precludes certiorari for error of law on the face of the record but does not prevent judicial review for jurisdictional error. A court exercising judicial review should not readily infer that an experienced judge who correctly stated the Fox v Percy principles then failed to apply them. Firm views expressed by a judge during argument, based on consideration of all the evidence and immediately prior to ex tempore judgment, do not give rise to an apprehension of pre-judgment.
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