PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has stayed further proceedings in two multi-million ringgit corporate suits pending an appeal by several defendants against a High Court judge’s refusal to recuse himself from hearing the cases.
A three-member bench comprising Justices Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin, Evrol Mariette Peters and Leonard David Shim unanimously allowed the stay application today involving the interconnected High Court suits filed by German medical technology giant Brainlab AG and its Hong Kong subsidiary.
Ahmad Fairuz, who delivered the broad grounds, said the recusal appeal raised a “serious and arguable issue” concerning the appearance of bias, and whether there was a real danger that the defendants might not receive a fair and impartial hearing.
