Claim: The court found there was no actual bias in the awarding of a contract to Public First.
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Verdict: the question the court was asked to determine was whether the award of the contract was unlawful because of "apparent bias". the judgment explicitly states that there was no suggestion of actual bias . the court ruled there was apparent bias and therefore the award of the contract was unlawful.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Pippa Allen-Kinross
Date published: 2021-07-02T00:00:00