Can a duty judge recusal from a matter where there is evidence of bias?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Baldovi et al, 2016 MBQB 90 (CanLII):
Any duty judge, in the course of his or her responsibilities as the duty judge, may decide that a case or an issue before him/her gives rise to an issue of bias (real or apprehended) that might lead to his/her recusal. Any decision in that regard, taken or not taken by a judge in relation to a given matter, may subsequently be reviewed (as is occurring in the present case) on the basis of the governing objective test set out in, amongst other places, Committee for Justice and Liberty v. Canada, supra.
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