Mohareb v Manly Local Court (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 234

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Mohareb v Manly Local Court (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 234 Hearing dates: 23 September 2024 Date of orders: 23 September 2024 Decision date: 23 September 2024 Before: Gleeson JA Decision: The recusal application is refused. Catchwords: BIAS — Apprehended bias — Application for recusal of judge — Whether previous adverse decisions can ground apprehended bias — Whether comments by judge at commencement of hearing gave rise to reasonable apprehension of bias — recusal application refused Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 36.15, 36.16, 36.17 Cases Cited: CNY17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection and Another (2019) 268 CLR 76; [2019] HCA 50 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 Mohareb v State of New South Wales [2023] NSWCA 289 Mohareb v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 69 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Nader Mohareb (Applicant) Manly Local Court (First respondent) Constable Aden Murphy (Second respondent) Representation: Counsel: S T Munnoch (Solicitor) (First respondent) A G Deards (Solicitor) (Second respondent)

Solicitors: Nader Mohareb (Applicant / Self-represented) Crown Solicitor's Office (First respondent) Makinson d'Apice (Second respondent) File Number(s): 2024/163221 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Supreme Court of New South Wales Jurisdiction: Civil Citation: [2024] NSWSC 345 Date of Decision: 5 April 2024 Before: Button J File Number(s): 2022/242042