The phrase "a reasonable apprehension of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts to describe a belief or concern that is justified based on the circumstances.
Example: "The defendant's actions created a reasonable apprehension of harm in the minds of the witnesses."
Alternatives: "a justifiable fear of" or "a rational concern about".
"It follows that, at the very least, a reasonable apprehension of bias arises".
Notwithstanding judicial independence, there may also exist a reasonable apprehension of bias on an institutional or structural level.
Where a party has a reasonable apprehension of bias, it should not be required to submit to the tribunal giving rise to this apprehension.
Once the hearing date had been set, the parties were entitled to expect that the conduct of the commissioners would be such that it would not raise a reasonable apprehension of bias.
The fact that band members may be appointed to appeal tribunals is, in the submission of the respondents, a structural flaw which results in a reasonable apprehension of bias.
For those boards, a strict application of a reasonable apprehension of bias as a test might undermine the very role which has been entrusted to them by the legislature.
This language, in context, clarifies that the regulation requires an objective, reasonable apprehension of litigation.
Only if there was "a reasonable apprehension" that lawful conduct would provoke violence by interfering with the rights of others was an officer empowered to take steps to prevent it.
The term "intimidate" means to place a person in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm to him- or herself or to another.
Magistrate Paul Falzon questioned the legitimacy of Hunt's assertions, and said the court would require demonstration of "reasonable apprehension" of a threatening or violent action.
The definition of assault varies by jurisdiction, but is generally defined as intentionally putting another person in reasonable apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive contact.
