Lowe v Pascoe (No 3) [2012] NSWSC 907

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lowe v Pascoe (No 3) [2012] NSWSC 907 Hearing dates: 8 August 2012 Decision date: 08 August 2012 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Gzell J Decision: Application dismissed. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - Courts and judges generally - application that judge recuse himself - whether statement in judgment gave rise to reasonable apprehension of bias - whether fair-minded observer would so conclude Cases Cited: Lowe v Pascoe (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 885 ASIC v Rich [2004] NSWSC 970 Johnson v Johnson [2000] HCA 48; (2000) 201 CLR 488 Australian National Industries Ltd v Spedley Securities Ltd (in liq) (1992) 26 NSWLR 411 Kwan v Kang [2003] NSWCA 336 British American Tobacco Australia Services v Laurie [2009] NSWCA 414 British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd v Laurie [2011] HCA 2; (2011) 242 CLR 283 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Geoffrey Alan Lowe (First Plaintiff) Mary Lowe (Second Plaintiff) Scott Pascoe (First Defendant) Margaret Sze Tu (Second Defendant) Helen Sze Tu (Third Defendant) Janet McNamara (Fourth Defendant) Shiu Shing (Sunly) Sze Tu (Fifth Defendant) Shie How (Gordon) Sze Tu (Sixth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: C R C Newlinds SC with C H Withers (Plaintiffs) J Stoljar SC (First defendant) D Williams SC with J D Little (Fifth and sixth defendants) Solicitors: Holding Redlich (Plaintiffs) Argyle Lawyers (First defendant) CLS Legal (Fifth and sixth defendants) File Number(s): SC 2005/262284