A demand for payment into a solicitor's statutory trust account does not constitute seeking payment 'to itself' for the purposes of an undertaking not to seek payment to itself, given the statutory nature of trust money under the Legal Profession Uniform Law (Victoria), s 138. Where apprehended bias is discovered after judgment, the appropriate course is to return to the trial judge to seek to have the orders set aside under the court's inherent jurisdiction, rather than raising the issue for the first time on appeal.
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