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[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Richard Hills:

[big snip]

>>Ergo, David Stevenson was also correct in his hint that perhaps the
>>North-South deposit should have been retained rather than returned.
>>
>>Likewise, Herman De Wael correctly eschewed logorrhea this time.
>>
>>:-)

David Grabiner:

>I don't agree with the hint.  A deposit should only be retained if
>the appellants should have known they did not have a case.  If you
>would have a case against experts but not against bunnies or vice
>versa, it is not your responsibility to determine the caliber of the
>opponents.

[snip]

Pocket Oxford Dictionary:

"irony, n. Expression of one's meaning by language of opposite or
different tendency, especially mock adoption of another's views"

Richard Hills:

Rats.  My irony was too subtle; I had just one smiley at the end of
my posting when I should have been liberally scattering smileys
throughout.

Yes, if:

(a) a player breaks tempo, and
(b) their partner then chooses a demonstrably suggested logical
alternative, which
(c) is to the benefit of their side, but
(d) the TD rules that that was the only logical alternative, and
(e) the opponents appeal the TD's ruling, but
(f) the AC upholds the TD's ruling, then
(g) in my opinion the AC should never forfeit the deposit, because
(h) in my opinion it is very rare that an "only one logical
alternative" ruling which is appealed is in fact as clearcut as a
Stevensonian AC might think.


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch, DIAC
02 6225 6285

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