High Court judge to rule on Wednesday on whether to recuse herself from Ammi Burke case

The solicitor Ammi Burke accused a law firm's barrister of a 'personalised attack' on her character during her hearing on Tuesday

Ammi Burke said she has been subjected to a 'personalised and sustained attack' on her character by Arthur Cox’s barrister. Picture: Collins Courts

A High Court judge will rule on Wednesday as to whether she should recuse herself from hearing solicitor Ammi Burke’s challenge to the Workplace Relations Commission’s (WRC’s) rejection of her claim she was unfairly dismissed by law firm Arthur Cox.

At the opening of her case against the WRC on Tuesday, Ms Burke applied for Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger to recuse herself on grounds including that she previously expressed views concerning the core issue in her proceedings and that she has a “particularly close relationship” with Arthur Cox’s senior counsel in the “tight-knit community” of employment law specialists.