alleged apprehension of bias due to service on Legal Practice Complaints Committee during time the Committee dealt with the respondent’s complaint
no connection between conduct of Committee during relevant period and respondent’s complaint
Quick Take
1A debtor opposing a sequestration order on the basis of 'other sufficient cause' under s 52(2)(b) of the Bankruptcy Act must articulate an intelligible connection between the alleged conduct and the impugned costs order or sequestration order; vague and remote allegations of misconduct by the petitioning creditor in earlier proceedings are insufficient.
2Where an expert report was not admitted into evidence before the tribunal whose decision gave rise to the judgment debt, allegations that the report was fraudulent cannot rationally support an application to go behind the judgment debt.
3Prior membership of a professional complaints committee does not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias where the judge had no involvement in the respondent's matter and the respondent cannot identify any logical connection between that membership and an apprehended deviation from deciding the case on its merits.
