Law reports

Lawal v Northern Spirit Ltd [2003] IRLR 538 HL

Reports relating to this case:

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.

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Law reports

Lawal v Northern Spirit Ltd [2003] IRLR 538 HL

Reports relating to this case:

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

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