The unusual move occurred in the case of Anne Roper versus RTÉ, on what was to be the fifth day of the hearing, and will impose a significant additional costs burden on the parties faced with another rehearing of the case.
Responding, Ms Bolger, who is an expert in employment and equality law, said that she was rarely lost for words, but had always prosecuted every case in line with her client's instructions and the code governing her profession. When the hearing went public, Mr Haugh announced that the division had taken the decision to recuse itself from continuing the hearing as a consequence of certain remarks made yesterday during the hearing.He said they were not directed at her as an individual but were just about some comments that had been made.