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Originally Posted by tompe
We have to see what happens. Legally it might not be a conflict but it definitely does not look good and he should have taken this into consideration and resigned from the case.
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Ethically, it's a conflict. Morally, it's a conflict. Legally? Only in countries with no true legal standard is it NOT a conflict for a person who is an advocate for one side of an issue to be a judge in a case on the issue.
It doesn't matter whether TPB broke the law. There's no way a judge can rule impartially in this matter when the judge is an advocate for the opposing side.
Derek