Porter v Magill
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1997 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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130 cases
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Barrington Earl Frankson v General Legal Council
...and carefully tested. 28. There is no suggestion that there was a personal or pecuniary interest as is the test applied in the case ofPorter vs. Magill 2 A.C 357. 29. The real question is what the fair minded and informed observer would think —the man in the street. The observer would consi......
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R (Giuseppe Agnello and Fourteen Others, known as the Western International Campaign Group) v The Mayor and Burgess of the London Borough of Hounslow
...considered the facts would conclude that there was a real possibility that the Tribunal was biased” (per Lord Hope of Craighead in Porter v. Magill [2002] 2 AC 357 at 494 [103]). It follows that this exercise entails consideration of all the relevant facts as “the court must first ascertain......
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The Council for National Parks Ltd and The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority and J William McNamara Bluestone Holdings Ltd Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd Parties
...to bias, and will then consider the case advanced on behalf of the claimant. I should start with the decision of the House of Lords in Porter v Magill [2002] 2 A.C. 357. This established that "the question is whether the fair-minded and informed observer, having considered the facts, would ......
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Condron v National Assembley for Wales
...with the issue, the judge recorded that there was no difference between the parties as to the legal test, which was to be found in Porter v Magill [2002] 2 AC 357 per Lord Hope of Craighead at para 103: "The question is whether the fair-minded and informed observer, having considered the fa......
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The complementarity of audit and judicial review: the ‘homes for votes’ scandal in the UK
...election was fought on unrevised boundaries, but the Labour Party wasdefeated anyway.3Porter v. Magill: Queens Bench Divisional Court (1997) 96 LGR 157; Court of Appeal [2000] 2WLR 1420; House of Lords [2002] 1 All ER 465.4Keith Davies, The All England Law Reports Annual Review 2002, London......
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`Rage at Westsinster': Sociolegal Reflections on the Power of Sale
...was finally completed in May 1996.THE COURTS’ INVOLVEMENTThe case then proceeded to the High Court at the end of 1996 (Porter vMagill [1998] 30 HLR 997). That court decided to rehear evidence and allof those held liable by Magill were subjected to examination and cross-examination. The fi......