Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
PD v President, Australian Human Rights Commission (No 2) [2021] FCA 851 File number: VID 792 of 2020
Judgment of: RANGIAH J
Date of judgment: 22 July 2021
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for disqualification of judge – where judge had decided prior cases involving the applicant – whether apprehended bias – no apprehended bias established – application dismissed
Cases cited: [PD] v Carter (Delegate of Finance Minister) [2021] FCAFC 16 [PD] v Carter [2020] FCA 828 [PD] v Finance Minister [2020] FCA 829 [PD] v Finance Minister [2021] FCAFC 17 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337 Hamod v State of New South Wales (No 11) [2008] NSWSC 967 Laws v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (1990) 170 CLR 70 Minister for Home Affairs v [PD] (2019) 269 FCR 536 Re JRL; Ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342 Zanker v Kupsch [2014] SASCFC 13
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Number of paragraphs: 18
Date of hearing: 22 July 2021
Counsel for the Applicant: The applicant appeared in person
Solicitor for the First Respondent: Ms M De Abreu of the Australian Human Rights Commission
Counsel for the Second Respondent: Mr C Tran
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