In re AZ ( A Child) (Recusal)

Subject Matter

NATURAL JUSTICE — Bias — Apparent bias — Judge presiding over long-running private law proceedings — Judge raising possibility during hearings of referring mother’s counsel to professional standards board — Mother applying for judge to recuse himself on grounds of alleged bullying of counsel — Whether judge’s conduct giving rise to apparent bias

[2022] EWCA Civ 911; [2022] 4 WLR 78; [2023] 1 All ER 805; [2022] WLR(D) 292, CA