tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435782381398776888.post7681536658355761397..comments2024-03-25T07:14:42.571+00:00Comments on OF INTEREST TO LAWYERS: JUDICIAL RECUSALA Barrister in Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022693708807443338noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435782381398776888.post-74578972296379106152010-09-27T17:10:13.495+01:002010-09-27T17:10:13.495+01:00Ah yes, Beatson J I believe, gave a personal refer...Ah yes, Beatson J I believe, gave a personal reference for a partner in one of the intervening firms. Replaced by Moses LJ. <br /><br />Barristers appear before fellow members of Chambers sitting as Recorders all the time. I have done it at least twice. But then we are independent sole traders who keep Chinese walls between our practices, unlike solicitors in a firm.A Barrister in Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022693708807443338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435782381398776888.post-33869602164448652712010-09-25T16:57:18.238+01:002010-09-25T16:57:18.238+01:00One judge has just recused himself in the highly i...One judge has just recused himself in the highly important judicial review of the legal service commission's family law tendering process.<br /><br />Perhaps the most famous example of a judge who should have recused himself but did not was Lord Hoffmann in the Pincohet case.<br /><br />It is an interesting area because judges frequently sit on cases in which counsel appear from the same Chambers in which the judge practised and, in the case of part-time judges, may still have a tenancy in Chambers.<br /><br />Of course, for years, local magistrates' courts heard cases against persons and the local "beaks" knew everything about the defendant despite any pretence to the contrary. As local justice areas (formerly petty sessional divisions) became larger then the likelihood of this happening diminished.ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.com