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Please read the judgment. It’s not very long.

The mini pupillage was disclosed before the trial began. No objection was taken, which does not surprise me.

There was similarly no objection to the social meeting with one side which was raised in court before it took place.

What was said then and communicated afterwards was not in issue.

It seems that any appeal that the judge got it wrong was not going to succeed.

The judge was very silly and did himself no favours afterwards - I could put it much stronger - and has received a very severe kicking . If you don’t like judges I suggest that you read it. His career may not survive it and his promotion prospects will be affected - as they should be.

All that said, it does not mean that bias is made out in law. That too is carefully spelt out in the judgment.