Court of Appeal opens first 2025 session |08 April 2025

•          President Fernando warns against “judge shopping”

President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Anthony Fernando has issued a stern warning against legal counsels who engage in “judge shopping”, for personal reasons.

During his remarks to mark the opening of the court’s first session yesterday morning, Justice Fernando highlighted the “disturbing trend”, whereby legal counsels are asking for the recusal of justices on the panel, “not necessarily in the interest of their clients”.

“This shows disrespect to the court as you fail to realise that we all justices have taken an oath to do right in accordance with the laws, without fear or favour, affection or ill will. Asking for recusal of a particular justice without any valid basis is an insult to the court and the other two justices of the panel.

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