ABSTRACT
QUOTATION ‘The public must have confi dence in the impartiality, fairness and independence of the judiciary; otherwise they will be less likely to observe the law.’
JUDGMENT ‘The rule of law requires that judicial tribunals established to resolve issues arising between citizen and citizen, or between the citizen and the state, should be independent and impartial. This means that such tribunals should be in a position to decide such issues on their legal and factual merits as they appear to the tribunal, uninfl uenced by any interest, association or pressure extraneous to the case.’
