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Posted: 2014-03-14 09:01
WPBSA STATEMENTEdwin Glasgow QC and Peter Stockwell, who formed the Appeals Committee to hear the first part of Stephen Lee's appeal against his conviction for seven counts of match fixing, have on request of those representing Mr Lee recused themselves from hearing the remainder of the appeal. The Appeals Committee made the offer to both parties to recuse themselves. The reason for this was that in their decision to dismiss the first part of the appeal they had formed an unfavourable impression of Mr Lee's truthfulness as a witness of fact on a critical issue. In addition to dismissing the first part of the appeal, the Appeals Committee concluded that the appropriate order in this case is that Mr Lee should pay a contribution of £30,000 towards the legal costs incurred by the WPBSA in successfully resisting the appeal insofar as it was based on what was found to be misconceived allegations of apparent bias. Sport Resolutions UK have nominated a new chair for the Appeals Committee in order that the remainder of the appeal can be heard. The nominee has been accepted by the WPBSA and we are keen for the remainder of the appeal to be dealt with as soon as possible.
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Posted: 2014-03-14 09:02
This doesn't sound good... And what does "recused" mean?
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flourish
Just can't stay away Joined: 17-Apr-2008 Posts: 111
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Posted: 2014-03-14 09:46
challenge (a judge or juror) as unqualified to perform legal duties because of a potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
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(of a judge) excuse oneself from a case because of a potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality. or
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Posted: 2014-03-14 10:31
Amazing bit of legal wrangling!
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alieen
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Posted: 2014-12-05 08:14
The Appeals Committee made the offer to both parties to recuse themselves. The reason for this was that in their decision to dismiss the first part of the appeal they had formed an unfavourable impression of Mr Lee's truthfulness as a witness of fact on a critical issue. ----------------- emma [ This message was edited by: alieen on 2014-12-05 08:14 ]
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BigDave
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Posted: 2014-12-05 09:42
Grrrrrrrr.... Aileen/Emma is another script kiddie from Paikistan testing hacks that register forum accounts and cut and paste text from previous posts. Resurrecting ancient threads like this is really annoying, so in future all Pakistan IPs will be blocked to prevent this, as it's happened a few times now. This will mean that if you are in Pakistan you won't be able to view Pro9 but I don't think that will be inconveniencing too many people. Here comes the ban hammer! ----------------- Authorised Pro9 forum advertiser/sponsor
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