Judges must be trustworthy

JUDGES in an adversarial justice system must exercise their judicial duty to, among others, be impartial and maintain the appearance of impartiality, and to render justice in accordance with the law.

These are the raison d’etre of the judiciary. In the powerful words of the late King’s Counsel Lord Denning, “... a judge is not a mere umpire to answer the question ‘How’s that?’ His object, above all, is to find out the truth, and to do justice according to law...”.