Laws of Duplicate Bridge Final

Law 92
Right to Appeal
A. Contestants Right
A contestant or his/her Captain may appeal for a review of any ruling made at his/her table by the Director. Any such request, if deemed to lack merit, may be the subject of a sanction imposed by regulation.
B. Time of Appeal
The right to request or appeal a Director’s ruling expires 30 minutes after the official score has been made available for inspection unless the Tournament Organiser has specified a different time period.
C. How to Appeal
All requests for a review of a ruling shall be made through the Director.
D. Concurrence of Appellants
An appeal shall not be heard unless:
1. In a pairs event both members of the partnership concur in making the appeal (but in an individual contest an apellant does not require his/her partner’s concurrence).
2. In a team event the team captain concurs in making the appeal.
Law 93
Procedures of Appeal
A. No Appeals Committee
The Director in charge shall hear and rule upon all appeals if there is no appeals committee [or if no alternative arrangement has been made under Law 80B2(k)], or if such cannot operate without disturbing the orderly progress of the tournament.
B. Appeals Committee Available
If a committee (or authorised alternative) is available:
1. The Director in charge shall hear and rule upon such part of the appeal as deals solely with the Law or Regulations. His/her ruling may be appealed to the committee.
2. The Director in charge shall refer all other appeals for adjudication.
3. In adjudicating appeals, the committee (or the authorised alternative) may exercise all powers assigned by these laws to the Director, except that it may not overrule the Director in charge on a point of law or regulations, or on exercise of his/her Law 91 disciplinary powers. (It may recommend to the Director in charge that he/she change such a ruling).
C. Further Possibilities of Appeal
1. Regulating authorities may establish procedures for further appeal if the foregoing procedures have been exhausted. Any such further appeal, if deemed to lack merit, may be the subject of a sanction imposed by regulation.
2. The Director in charge or the reviewing body may refer a matter for later consideration by the Regulating Authority. The Regulating Authority has authority to resolve any matter finally.
3. (a). Notwithstanding one and two above, where deeming it crucial to the progress of the tournament, the Regulating Authority may assign to a specified tournament body the responsibility for dealing finally with any appeal and, along with the parties to the appeal, is then bound by the outcome.
(b). With due notice given to the contestants a Regulating Authority may authorise the omission or modification of such stages as it wishes of the appeals process set out in these laws.