A judge's former role as chairman of a legal practitioners complaints committee does not, without more, give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias in proceedings involving a practitioner who was the subject of complaints during that period, particularly where the committee had no power to suspend and the judge has no recollection of involvement. Steps taken in related but separate proceedings do not constitute procedural steps in an action for the purposes of the Inactive Cases List rules. The question whether the WA Court of Appeal has jurisdiction to grant an injunction restraining solicitors from acting in an appeal remains open.
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