Whats not considered by many is that it is no longer practice...

Whats not considered by many is that it is no longer practice (although not disallowed or prohibited) for lawyers to probe the private investments of judges when sitting in matters where a company in which they may have an interest is a party to those proceedings.

Most commercial lawyers will not make that inquiry lest they fall foul of the presiding judge. That fine line has been breached by many judicial officers who run private super funds and have either knowlingly or unknowingly acquired an interest in companies whose adversaries the often punish (not because of that interest they hold). But thats not the point.