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No basis established for claim of bias on the part of trial judge in winding up proceedings
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Court of Appeal dismisses 27 grounds of appeal from the High Court concerning a series of orders made on foot of applications arising from the liquidation of a cake decorating company, including, inter alia, a claim that the trial judge should have recused himself from hearing the applications, on the grounds that: the fact that a judge has heard either other proceedings involving the objecting litigant, or other applications in the same proceedings, is not in itself a basis on which a claim of bias can be sustained having regard to the objective requirement of the test; and the appellant has not established any basis whatever for suggesting that a reasonable observer might have had an apprehension of bias, less still any reasonable apprehension, on the facts here.
Company law - Companies Act 2014 - application to set aside winding up order - application to remove or discharge the liquidator - applicant opined that trial judge should have recused himself - alleged bias- applicant raised twenty seven grounds of appeal - references to the ECHR - references to the CJEU - grounds of appeal not well founded - appeals dismissed.
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