Neil v Legal Profession Complaints Committee [No 2]

The matter before the court involved a legal professional, the appellant, and the Legal Profession Complaints Committee. The appellant had been the subject of disciplinary proceedings which resulted in a finding of professional misconduct. The appellant sought to appeal the decision of the Complaints Committee to the Supreme Court. As part of the application for leave to appeal, the appellant also sought the recusal of the judge who was to hear the application for leave, on the basis of a reasonable apprehension of bias.

The court had to determine whether the judge should be recused and whether the appellant had demonstrated a question of law that was of general public importance. The court also needed to decide whether the legal issues in the case turned on facts that were peculiar to the appellant's own case. These issues were crucial in determining whether the appellant was entitled to leave to appeal.

The court found that there was no reasonable apprehension of bias on the part of the judge. The court determined that the legal issues in the case did not turn on facts that were peculiar to the appellant's own case. The court held that the appeal was not an appropriate vehicle for the appellant to raise issues of fact. Accordingly, the application for recusal was dismissed, and the application for leave to appeal was also dismissed. The court held that the appeal did not involve a question of law of general public importance.