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Supreme Court of New Zealand Wellington
SC57/2019; [2020] NZSC 18
4 December 2019; 12 March 2020
Glazebrook , Regan and Ellen France JJ
SC57/2019; [2020] NZSC 18
4 December 2019; 12 March 2020
Glazebrook , Regan and Ellen France JJ
Courts — Recusal — Apparent bias — Acting Judge of Supreme Court appointed to chair government inquiry — Whether eligible to sit on appeal by government party — Appropriate test.
Practice and procedure — Supreme Court — Interlocutory matter — Whether Court had jurisdiction to sit as panel of three judges — Senior Courts Act 2016 s 79(2), 81, 82, 84, 110, 142.