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Judge disqualification appeal dismissed; court upheld lower court's decision that the judge did not recuse themselves.

Case Number BS-263/2012-VLR
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Jurisdiction Denmark (DK)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal against the District Court's decision to uphold a judge's refusal to recuse themselves. Part 1 argued the judge was incompetent, but the District Court found no grounds for disqualification. The appellate court agreed with the lower court's reasoning and confirmed the original ruling.

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s. 116 af retsplejeloven; s. 117 af retsplejeloven: A judge's refusal to recuse themselves is valid unless there is clear evidence of bias or conflict of interest justifying removal.

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judicial disqualification recusal grounds judge competence appeal dismissal conflict of interest

Cited Legislation

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s. 116 af retsplejeloven
s. 117 af retsplejeloven
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Byrettens kendelse blev stadfæstet

[DOKUMENT] Afgørelse (2 sider) Vestre Landsret holdt den 7. februar 2012 kl. 11.30 mode på tingstedet i Viborg.

Som dommere ftmgerede landsdommerne Bjerg Hansen, Kirsten Thorup og Olav D. Larsen.

V.L. B—0263—12

Part 1

mod Part A

Fremlagte bilag:

— processkrift med bilag 1-5 fra advokat Torben Voss — breve af 24. januar og 30. januar 2012 fra Retten i Aalborg — udskrift af rctsbogen (sag nr. BS 7-2311/2011).

Ved kendelse af 23. januar 2012 har Retten i Aalborg afsagt kendelse om, at Dommer ikke viger sit sæde.

Kendelsen er kæret af Part 1 med påstand om, at Dommer er inhabil.

Landsretten afsagde

K e n de 1 s e:

Landsretten er enig i byrettens resuLtat og begrundelsen herfor. Landsretten stadfæster der for byrettens kendelse.

Thi bestemmes:

Byrettens kendelse stadfæstes.

Sagen sluttet.

Bjerg Hansen