(Hearing: 19 November 2025 â Deputy District Judge Hutchin)
The observer would not conclude that, as a judge in this case, there is any direct attack on my own professional world. I do not practise in civil matters, including human rights claims. That is not the subject matter of this case.
I am sitting as a Deputy District Judge, which is different from my private practice. Anything I may have learned in private practice will not affect my decision today, which will be made solely on the facts of this case.
In these circumstances, I do not consider that a fair-minded observer would conclude there is any real possibility of bias. The suggestion that, by being a member of what is described as the âBrummy Street Guildââsaid to profit from the systemâI would be protecting other professionals, is rejected. It does not make sense.
This is a claim for an injunction against Mr Malik. Issues about "the system" or the "legal professional world" do not arise.
Your Honour, your refusal to acknowledge the mandatory procedures for determining a recusal applicationâdespite my direct question as a litigant in personâis noted and will form Ground 1 of my immediate appeal to the Court of Appeal, based on denial of justice and my right to a fair trial.
(Defendant sits)
When dealing with a litigant in person, I will first hear from Counsel for the Claimant on the basis of the application. You will then have an opportunity to respond.
Thank you, Judge. I appear on behalf of Abri Group, a community benefit society registered under the Cooperative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014. It is a registered charity providing social housing.
The Defendant suggests the Claimant has been dissolved. That is incorrect. Abri Group Ltd does not exist as a company because the organisation has been registered as a community benefit society since 31 December 2020.