You are at a hearing before the Landlord and Tenant Board. The party you represent faces eviction

for having a noisy dog. During a recess, when you are in a cubicle in the washroom, you hear two

people enter the washroom. One of them says to the other that he hates dogs. You peek and see that

it is the adjudicator talking to the court reporter.

1. Do you take any action, and, if so, what and when?

2. Suppose you are the adjudicator who made this comment and the appellant's representative

questions your conduct in the hearing room later that day. What do you do?

3. Suppose the hearing panel in this case consists of three adjudicators. The person in the

washroom cubicle who overhears this conversation is not the appellant's representative but

one of the other panel members. What, if anything, should that panel member do?