Bubbles & Wine Limited v Reshat Lusha [2018]

Bubbles & Wine Limited v Reshat Lusha [2018] EWCA Civ 468-14 March 2018 (Flaux LJ, Leggatt LJ)

“Although the conduct of a judge in meeting one party's Counsel in private and discussing elements of the case was considered "inept", the Court of Appeal found that on the basis of the relevant facts a fair-minded observer would not conclude that the judge's inappropriate conduct could indicate any possibility that he was biased. No submissions were made privately by the Counsel, all the judge's comments were communicated to the other party and the innocuous nature of the conversation gave rise to no inference that the judge would decide the case other than impartially.”

Antonino Cordopatri
E. G. Arghyrakis & Co.
21st March 2018