CASE PROCEDURES – apprehension of bias – s.789FC Fair Work Act 2009 – application for recusal on grounds of apprehended bias – individuals (first applicants) made separate applications for orders to stop bullying, naming Ms King as respondent – those applications were later discontinued and Ms King made an application for costs which Bissett C determined – Ms King then made an application for an order to stop bullying, with the first applicants as persons named – this application was before Bissett C – Ms King’s representative sought to have the Commissioner recuse herself due to comments made in the costs decision – Bissett C satisfied that her views expressed in the costs decision may lead a lay observer to apprehend that she may not bring an impartial mind to the determination of the application of Ms King – file to be re-allocated. Ms King
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