A JUDGE SHOULD RARELY RECUSE THEMSELVES: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION IN OTKRITIE CONSIDERED

In Otkritie International Investment -v- Mr George Urumov [2014] EWCA Civ 1315 decided today the Court of Appeal reviewed the circumstances in which a judge should recuse themselves for bias. It is clear that this cannot be done lightly. In a very unusual case the decision of the judge to recuse him...