Can a judge recuse himself from hearing a case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Emergency and Health Services Commission (British Columbia Ambulance Service) v. Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia - Cupe Local 873, 2009 CanLII 31398 (BC LRB):
10 In Makowsky v. John Doe, [2007] B.C.J. No. 1809, 2007 BCSC 1231 (affirmed [2008] B.C.J. No. 576, 2008 BCCA 112) ("Makowsky"), Goepel J. noted that, while the motion before him requested that he recuse himself, "there is no test for recusal. The issue properly framed is one of disqualification and the question is whether I am disqualified from hearing this case because of a reasonable apprehension of bias" (at para. 2).
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