Amos v Wiltshire

[2016] QCA 70

Queensland Court of Appeal

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Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Courts and Judges
2. › Judges
3. › Disqualification for interest or bias
4. › Reasonable apprehension of bias
5. › Prior involvement of judge as counsel in litigation involving a party
6. › Whether fair-minded lay observer might reasonably apprehend bias
7. › Whether disclosure required
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Judgments and orders
3. › Setting aside
4. › Application to vacate orders of Court of Appeal
5. › Whether apprehended bias established

Quick Take

The Court held that a judge's prior involvement as counsel in a proceeding involving a party does not necessarily give rise to apprehended bias, particularly where the prior proceeding involved purely legal issues and no findings as to the party's credit.