Lawal v Northern Spirit Ltd [2003] IRLR 538 HL

Bias: Risk of subconscious bias if part-time EAT judges appear as advocates before EAT

Date:

15 August 2003

In Lawal v Northern Spirit Ltd, the House of Lords holds that the correct test for subconscious bias is whether a fair-minded and informed observer, having considered the given facts, would conclude that there was a real possibility that the tribunal was biased.