High Court orders Magistrate to recuse herself from SOCU’s cases over apparent bias

Chief Justice (acting) Navindra Singh, has granted judicial review orders to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), including declarations and an order of Mandamus, compelling Magistrate Tameika Clarke to recuse herself from five of SOCU’s cases on the grounds of apparent bias. SOCU recounted that in November 2022, Clarke, then an Attorney-at-Law in private practice, […]