Exposed: Bias Judges acting in cases they should withdraw from daily in Ireland, not impartial
Judges are not impartial when hearing cases in Ireland breaching people's fundamental rights to a fair hearing
UTE Saur Vallnet v. Andorra
https://www.coe.int/en/web/impact-convention-human-rights/-/a-second-chance-at-justice-for-saur-vallnet-enterprise-denied-a-fair-trial
A second chance at justice for Saur Vallnet enterprise denied a fair trial
Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights
The European court ruled that Saur Vallnet was justifiably concerned about the Andorran judge’s impartiality and this amounted to a violation of the company's right to a fair trial.
In the European court's view, the company was still affected by the 2009 appeal judgment despite the Andorran court having confirmed its doubts about the tribunal’s lack of impartiality.
Micallef v. Malta
The close family ties between the opposing party’s advocate and the Chief Justice sufficed to objectively justify fears that the presiding judge lacked impartiality.
Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights
The European court ruled that the close family ties between the opposing party’s lawyers and the presiding judge justified fears that the judge lacked impartiality. This breached Mrs M.’s right to a fair trial.
The court noted that under Maltese law at the time, there was no automatic duty for a judge to withdraw from cases where impartiality could be an issue. There was also no way for a person to request that a judge should not hear their case when they were related to the other side’s lawyers.
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