article_snippet.sent: Kirsten Hughes Kirsten Hughes then informed Kirsten Hughes about a panel hearing to determine the dog's fate, before participating in it and helping to draw up the final reasons, Mr Kendall said. '
article_snippet.sent: Kirsten Hughes had a fundamental part in the process of decision making,' Kirsten Hughes told the High Court, claiming Kirsten Hughes was both the accuser and acting as judge.
article_snippet.sent: Lawyers for the council argued there was no judge in the case, but rather an administrator making an administrative decision.
article_snippet.sent: Stephen Donaghue QC acknowledged Kirsten Hughes played a role on a panel hearing to determine the dog's fate, but said an administrative decision was made by another member.
article_snippet.sent: If they had applied for the order from the magistrate, the question of whether the penalty (death) was proportionate to the injury caused (a 1.5 centimetre cut) would have been raised on appeal to a judge at the county court.
article_snippet.sent: The question of law is whether a fair minded observer might think that the accuser sitting on a panel is a) a conflict of interest or b) with a disposition of pre judgement.'
article_snippet.sent: The hearing continues.