Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Asden Developments Pty Ltd (in liq) v Dinoris [2015] FCA 729 Citation: Asden Developments Pty Ltd (in liq) v Dinoris [2015] FCA 729
Parties: ASDEN DEVELOPMENTS PTY LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) ACN 115 851 833 v PETER DINORIS and NICK COMBIS
File number: QUD 578 of 2014
Judge: REEVES J
Date of judgment: 14 July 2015
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – where application for primary judge to disqualify himself on the grounds of apprehended bias – where comments made during the course of a pre-trial case management hearing – where concerns about the efficient conduct of the trial – where concerns about the non-compliance of expert evidence with r 23 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – whether a reasonable independent observer might have concluded prejudgment – where disqualification refused on the basis that a reasonable independent observer would not apprehend bias
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth)
Cases cited: Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design & Developments Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 577; [2006] HCA 55 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; [2000] HCA 63 Johnson v Johnson (2000) 201 CLR 488; [2000] HCA 48 Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Nicholls (2011) 244 CLR 427; [2011] HCA 48 Picos v Servcorp Limited [2015] FCA 344
Date of hearing: 14 July 2015
Place: Brisbane
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
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