What is the basis for a finding of bias or impeach the impartiality of a judge?
Quebec, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lloyd c. Douglas Hospital Institute, 2017 QCCA 469 (CanLII):
Firstly, the petitioner raises no serious argument that could ground a finding of real or apparent bias or impeach the judge’s impartiality. It bears recalling that judges benefit, under the law, from a presumption of they act without bias and that this presumption is not overturned lightly. There is nothing to suggest that a reasonable person would apprehend bias here: Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada.[2]
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