Najib Abdul Razak’s legal team will get an opportunity on Aug 20 to present oral submissions for an appellate court order to recuse judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah from presiding over the former prime minister’s ongoing RM2.27 billion 1MDB corruption trial.

The Court of Appeal this morning fixed that date for the hearing of Najib’s appeal against the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s rejection of his recusal bid.

Najib seeks a new judge to hear the case because Sequerah was partners with 1MDB-linked former fugitive Jasmine Loo...