The company that made a complaint about the conduct of a Supreme Court judge says he should step down.
Justice Bill Wilson is the subject of a judicial conduct complaint and a court appeal over whether he should have sat on a case involving one of his business partners.
One of three Court of Appeal judges who heard a dispute between wool company Saxmere and the former Wool Board, Justice Wilson
later revealed that he owed just over $240,000 to the board's lawyer, Alan Galbraith.
The Supreme Court subsequently ruled that, given the size of the debt, he could have had an unconscious bias towards Mr Galbraith and his client.
Saxmere has complained to the Judicial Complaints Commissioner and says Justice Wilson should stand aside. The company's lawyer, Sue Grey, says he should have disclosed his interest much sooner.
"My analogy is if a policeman's caught drunk driving, while there's an investigation he stands down," Ms Grey says.
Ms Grey says the case should be referred to the Attorney-General in order to set up an independent investigation.
Justice Wilson's lawyer told the Supreme Court that the debt did not amount to a lot compared with the assets the two business partners shared.
