Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Dunlop v Fishburn (No. 2) [2012] FCA 314 Citation: Dunlop v Fishburn (No. 2) [2012] FCA 314
Appeal from: Fishburn v Dunlop [2009] FMCA 1331
Parties: JAMES HENRY DUNLOP v MICHAEL GEORGE FISHBURN, JOHN JAMES WATSON, CHRISTOPHER MARTIN O'BRIEN, SAMUEL BOYD COUPER AND MORGAN JAMES CHUBB AS TRUSTEE OF THE BANKRUPT ESTATE OF JAMES HENRY DUNLOP
File number(s): NSD 1686 of 2011
Judges: KATZMANN J
Date of judgment: 27 March 2012
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application for disqualification – association or interest – judge and two of the parties attended the same university over thirty years earlier – no reasonable apprehension of bias – waiver – whether hearing should be postponed
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 4.03
Cases cited: Aussie Airlines Pty Limited v Australian Airlines Pty Ltd (1996) 65 FCR 215 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Samton Holdings Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1201 Cirillo v Consolidated Press Property Pty Ltd (formerly known as Citicorp Australia Ltd) (2007) 245 ALR 374 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337 Edwards v Santos Ltd (No 3) [2011] FCA 886 Laws v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (1990) 170 CLR 70 Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Nicholls (2011) 282 ALR 685 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia (2001) 205 CLR 507 R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate; Ex parte Pinochet Ugarte (No. 2) [2000] 1 AC 119 Re JRL; Ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342 Vakauta v Kelly (1989) 167 CLR 568 Webb v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 41
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