CUR24 v DPP

• 1. Courts and Judges
  2. › Bias
  3. › Apprehended bias
  4. › Prejudgment
  5. › Out-of-court statements by judge at social function
  6. › Whether general views about seriousness of category of offending give rise to reasonable apprehension of bias
  7. › Whether fair-minded observer would expect judge to put aside views expressed incautiously at social function
• 1. Courts and Judges
  2. › Bias
  3. › Apprehended bias
  4. › Procedure for determining disputed facts
  5. › Whether court exercising supervisory jurisdiction must resolve factual dispute as to what judge said before applying fair-minded observer test
  6. › Whether test should be applied taking into account existence of dispute
• 1. Courts and Judges
  2. › Bias
  3. › Apprehended bias
  4. › Statements at social functions
  5. › Whether remarks made by judge in social setting capable of giving rise to reasonable apprehension of bias
  6. › Admissibility of evidence of out-of-court statements by judge
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Supervisory jurisdiction
  3. › Prerogative relief
  4. › Application under s 69 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW)
  5. › Refusal of judge to recuse
  6. › Whether failure to afford procedural fairness

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