What is the effect of apprehension of bias on a judge?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Siemens v Howard, 2016 BCSC 2700 (CanLII):
I next note the following comments by Groberman J. (as he then was) in De Cotiis v. De Cotiis, 2004 BCSC 117, at para. 13, in relation to making an application that a judge be disqualified on the basis of apprehension of bias:
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