A longstanding professional association between a judge and a witness whose honesty and reliability are to be assessed may give rise to apprehended bias, particularly where serious allegations of misconduct are to be levelled against the witness. The gravity of the allegations is a material factor in the apprehended bias analysis. The test must be applied in terms of possibilities ('might'), not probabilities or actualities ('would').
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