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Attitude of courts towards any likelihood/allegation of bias being raised against a judge
Causes of bias
Circumstances where bias will be said to exist
Consequence of bias in a proceeding
Duty of a judge where there is a real likelihood of bias
Duty on party alleging bias to substantiate same
Effect of alleging bias against Judge
Effect of an allegation of bias
Effect of an established case of bias or likelihood of bias
Factors that will be considered by the court in deciding an allegation of bias
Forms of bias
Grounds on which the real likelihood of bias will disqualify a judge
How an allegation of bias should be raised
How the courts determine a real likelihood of bias
Instances when a trial judge will be said to be interested in a case so as to preclude him from hearing a matter
Meaning and categories of bias
Meaning of bias
Meaning of judicial bias
Nature of an allegation of bias that will be taken seriously
On whom lies the onus of proving that there is an allegation of bias against the judge
Position of the law where there is an allegation of bias
Principles guiding the issue of bias
Proper approach of the Court to allegation of bias
Proper approach to be undertaken by an appellate court where bias is alleged against the judgment of the lower court
The principle that the Court is more concerned with the likelihood bias, rather than the factual existence of bias
The principle that whether or not a likelihood of bias exists in a given case is a question of fact
The proper approach in determining whether a real likelihood of bias exists which is sufficient to disqualify a judge from acting in a matter
The rule that an interest of a pecuniary nature raises a conclusive presumption of bias
The rule that decisions of courts or tribunals should be free from bias
The rule that the test for the determination of a likelihood of bias is not subjective but objective
The rule that the test of bias is not actual bias but a real likelihood of it
The test for determining the real likelihood of bias
Ways in which bias may arise
What an allegation of bias connotes
What a party alleging bias must do
What constitutes a likelihood of bias
What constitutes bias
What the court considers in deciding whether or not there was a real likelihood of bias
When a judge will be said to be biased
When an allegation of bias will be founded
When an allegation of judicial bias will succeed
When the question of bias may arise
Whether a litigant can waive his right to object to the judge on an allegation of bias
Whether an allegation of bias can be founded on the judgment of the court itself
Whether an allegation of bias should be made vica voce
Whether bias is amenable to any precise definition or proof
Whether committing an error in the determination of a matter is evidence of bias
Whether mere refusal to grant bail amounts to bias
Whether silence of a Judge can be used to imply bias
Whether the court can be requested to give an assurance of impartiality
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