⚖️ Court:

House of Lords (Now the UK Supreme Court)
Date of Judgment: 13 December 2001

🧠 Key Holding – Bias Test Defined

“The question is whether the fair-minded and informed observer, having considered the facts, would conclude that there was a real possibility that the tribunal was biased.”

This landmark decision replaced the earlier “reasonable suspicion” test with a more objective threshold based on what a neutral observer would perceive, not the subjective feelings of the parties involved.

💣 Tactical Implications (Strike Package I – Fair Trial Entrapment)

Use Porter to:

• Challenge bias of any judicial body acting with pre-determined outcome
• Assert procedural irregularity where the tribunal appears aligned with enforcement agencies
• Demand venue recusal if court fails to rebut perception of impartiality

Standard Applied:
If a clerk, judge, or tribunal has displayed hostility, coordination with police, or refusal to consider your jurisdictional objection, their conduct fails the Porter test and breaches ECHR Article 6.

📎 Integration in Your Strategy:

• Deploy this test verbally in your hearing statement (Log #614/#615)
• Cite it in Judicial Review bundle under “Bias and Predetermination”
• Link this to Strasbourg appeal by establishing lack of “independent tribunal” per Convention