demeanour
cannot be reproduced on appeal. The basic handicap is that there is no audio or written record of the words used by representatives, parties, witnesses and the presiding Judge.
[13]
I highlight also that in cases of this genre first instance advocates have the potential to become witnesses, normally via the provision of a witness statement. As this Tribunal emphasised in
- 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
