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Emailing judges and their staff

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posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00 authored by Matthew GrovesMatthew Groves
Communications with a judge or other decision-maker that occur in the absence of the other party breach fundamental principles of fairness and can easily create a reasonable apprehension of bias. While many legal traditions and rules of court work against one-sided communications, the ease of communication in the information age makes it easier for parties to communicate directly with judges and their staff and to do so to the exclusion of other parties. This article examines the principles governing such problems and those cases which have considered the effect of one-sided or ex parte contact in the form of emails.

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Journal

Australian bar review

Volume

37

Pagination

69-90

Location

Sydney, N.S.W.

ISSN

0814-8589

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2013, Lexis Nexis Butterworths

Publisher

Lexis Nexis Butterworths

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