[blml] ...have we really come to this??? [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Andrew Metcalfe:

>>>We can have the most perfect systems and processes
>>>in place but they will not be effective unless we
>>>also have a strong set of values in place, which is
>>>consistent across an organisation's roles and
>>>locations.

Richard Hills:

I have no problem in Appeals Committees differing in
their judgements about facts, causing one AC to weight
the score 50/50 while another AC would instead choose
to weight the score 60/40.

I have major qualms about Appeals Committees and/or
Directors having *inconsistent* judgements about the
*values* of Duplicate Bridge, with those TDs and ACs
disagreeing on whether a particular ruling is Lawful
or unLawful.

Ed Reppert:

>>one could argue that a TD should not be bound by
>>"illegal" regulations, but who decides whether they
>>are illegal?

Richard Hills:

In one case in Australia the Queensland Supreme Court
was involved in deciding whether a Queensland Bridge
Association regulation was consistent with the Laws of
Duplicate Bridge, after the QBA was sued by an
idiosyncratic sea-lawyer (and former Tournament
Director).  On that occasion the Supreme Court ruled
that the QBA regulation was legal.

Tim West-Meads:

>Similar cases arise in civil/company law (following a
>company regulation which one knows breaches the law
>of the land is still an offence).


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
Level 6 Aqua Training Suite, DIAC
02 6225 6776

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