Kirby rejects recusal in adoption appeal

Justice Kirby
Justice Kirby

The president of the Court of Appeal, Ian Kirby has refused to recuse himself from a case in which a South Africa man is seeking to adopt a five-year-old child from Botswana.


The child’s biological father who is one of the respondents  recently requested Kirby’s recusal saying the judge might prejudice the case by being biased. The father argued that Kirby should disqualify himself because he was the judge who granted the leave to appeal in the matter.

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