The nemo judex in causa sua rule, meaning that "no one should be a judge in their own cause", was ignored. It is a basic rule of natural justice that no one should be a judge in a case in which they have a personal or vested interest. So the ConCourt and its judges erred and...
"evasive, artful, cunning," 1855, from dodge (n.) + -y (2). Hence, "unreliable,… See origin and meaning of dodgy.