[blml] Appeal

[Nigel]

[Alain Gottcheiner]

1. Bridge appeals are akin to "medical appeals", because it's often the 
lower authority that alerts the higher, and it might happen that the lower 
authority doesn't decide at all, and lets the case to be decided by the higher.

[nige1]

In a recent discussion in RGB, several correspondents, including David Stevenson, opine that there can't be a *bridge appeal without an earlier director ruling*. That makes sense to me.

I was an appellant in a case where, initially, the CTD stated that his decision was a matter of law and so could not be appealed. Nevertheless, there was an appeal. Furthermore, the committee reversed the CTD's decision.
 
When I've served on an appeal committee that has changed a director's decision, I've always insisted that the director confirm that the committee's decision is in accord with the law, before it is announced to the appellants.

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