Gremlins, Borgs, and Judicial Impartiality in Multi-Member Courts

QYFM v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2023] HCA 15

Judicial impartiality — and within that, an absence of bias — is at the heart of the Australian judicial system and central to how judges see themselves. But while serving and retired judges of the High Court have had a lot to say about when judicial bias arises, they have (with some notable exceptions, as noted in the ALRC Judicial Impartiality Report, p 234) said little publicly about how such matters should be raised with and considered by the courts. Until now. 

Attached is the full article published in AUSPUBLAW on 20 June 2023 by Sarah Fulton and Geneviève Murray.