Almazeedi v Penner and Another: PC 26 Feb 2018

Cayman Islands – challenge to the independence of a judge sitting in the Financial Services Division of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. The challenge is made solely on the ground of an alleged lack of independence due to ‘apparent bias’, that is on the basis that the ‘fair-minded and informed observer, having considered the facts, would conclude that there was a real possibility that the tribunal was biased’

Judges:

Lord Mance, Lord Wilson, Lord Sumption, Lord Hughes, Lord Lloyd-Jones

Citations:

[2018] UKPC 3

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

Commonwealth

Natural Justice

Updated: 05 April 2022; Ref: scu.605689