The Court of Appeal refused an application seeking a declaration of relationships between court officers and a party, holding that no officer of the court has authority to make such a declaration and that the application was an impermissible attempt to fish for evidence of apprehended bias. The Court reaffirmed that the administration of justice relies on judges putting aside personal or professional associations, and that court correspondence files are not part of the court record and need not be made available for inspection by parties.
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