The principle in Jia Legeng is extended

    While Balthar was nominated to the Tribunal by private entities, which, if the principle in Jia Legeng is extended, may not necessitate judicial-like neutrality, he was nonetheless obligated ‘to give genuine and appropriate consideration.’ Whether such consideration was given appears dubious on the facts, which are analogous to the impugned conduct in Ex parte H. Accordingly, the repeated denunciation of Adama’s evidence by Balthar is likely to evince the existence of ‘closed mind’ to the extent required by the test set out at [1].