Alubankudi (appearance of bias)
[2015] UKUT 542 (IAC) this Tribunal dilated on the governing legal principles in the following terms:
“[6]
Every litigant enjoys a common law right to a fair hearing. This entails fairness of the procedural, rather than substantive, variety. Where a breach of this right is demonstrated, this will normally be considered a material error of law warranting the setting aside of the decision of the FtT: see
- Permission to Appeal
- Framework of this Appeal
- The Apparent Bias Ground
- BW (Witness statements by advocates)
- Singh v SSHD
- Wagner (advocate’s conduct – fair hearing)
- Alubankudi
- demeanour
- BW (Witness Statements by Advocates) Afghanistan
- Alubankudi (appearance of bias)
- AAN (Veil) Afghanistan
- MM (Unfairness; E&R) Sudan
- Porter v Magill
- Re Medicaments
- Lawal v Northern Spirit
- AM (Fair Hearing) Sudan
- Singh
- as a whole
- a real possibility
- duty
- could
- prima facie
- Decision and Order