Dye v Commonwealth Securities Limited (No 4) [2010] FCA 910

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Dye v Commonwealth Securities Limited (No 4) [2010] FCA 910 Citation: Dye v Commonwealth Securities Limited (No 4) [2010] FCA 910

Parties: VIVIENNE LOUISE DYE v COMMONWEALTH SECURITIES LIMITED

File number: NSD 1165 of 2008

Judges: KATZMANN J

Date of judgment: 23 August 2010

Catchwords: COURTS AND JUDGES – bias – apprehended bias – prejudgment - whether a fair-minded observer might entertain a reasonable apprehension of bias by reason of prejudgment – whether prejudgment of issues or credit in an interlocutory judgment – whether reasonable apprehension of bias even if no clear findings of fact or on credit made in an interlocutory judgment - recusal

Cases cited: Antoun v R [2006] HCA 2, 224 ALR 51 distinguished Australian National Industries Ltd v Spedley Securities Ltd (In Liq) (1992) 26 NSWLR 411 cited Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd v Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 8, 174 FCR 175 applied Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design & Developments Pty Ltd [2006] HCA 55, 229 CLR 577 applied Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63, 205 CLR 337 applied Johnson v Johnson [2000] HCA 48, 201 CLR 488 cited JRL, Re; ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342 cited Laws v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (1990) 170 CLR 70 cited Lee v Cha [2008] NSWCA 13 cited Livesey v NSW Bar Association (1983) 151 CLR 288 applied R v Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission; ex parte Angliss Group (1969) 122 CLR 546 cited R v Watson; ex parte Armstrong (1976) 136 CLR 248 cited Southern Equities Corporation Ltd (in liq) v Bond [2000] SASC 450, 78 SASR 339 cited