Read the full judgment text of HCSA 000013/1981 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 February 1982.
1. When this matter first came before us for leave to appeal we granted it on the applicant telling us that on the morning of the hearing the adjudicator saw, in his chambers or in the clerk's room, both the applicant and the respondent. He saw them separately and his purpose in so doing was to effect a settlement. This is not a proper practice for adjudicators to adopt and we cannot condemn any such practice too strongly. It offends against the maxim that justice must be seen to be done. It is