[blml] Appeal to National Authority

[Wayne Burrows]

On 29/10/06, gesta at tiscali.co.uk <gesta at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
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> Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
> [also grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
> *****************************************
> "Alas, the hours we waste in work
> And similar inconsequence,
> Friends, I beg you do not shirk
> Your daily task of indolence."
>           ~ Donald Robert Perry Marquis.
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> +=+ The laws of the game specify no particular time scale.
> It is for national authorities to make known their procedures.
> Because we are dealing with the rules of a game to which
> players consent and subordinate themselves in participating,
> I doubt that natural justice calls for more than the rules
> provide.
>                    ~ Grattan ~   +=+
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They also specify no particular time frame for an ordinary appeal.
Does the same logic apply there?

Surely there is an implicit assumption that the appeal will be heard
in a timely manner.  Afterall the outcome of an appeal is to get a
correct result on a board.  If the appeal is not heard in a timely
manner then it will be impossible to publish results.

Wayne

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wayne Burrows" <wjburrows at gmail.com>
> To: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:57 AM
> Subject: [blml] Appeal to National Authority
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>
> > Hi
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> > What is a reasonable time to expect a national
> > authority to deal with an appeal?
> >
> > Or should I say what is unreasonable?
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