To Dave's last points, this is why we need to be using certified, and qualified (experienced) judges, especially for high-level events. I don't see too much of that at cat events, except for Hobie NAs (and Madcatter).

And, since we have to use people to do this, we're at the mercy of people getting it wrong sometimes. There are appeals procedures for this.

Obviously, the system can probably never be perfect, and like any court case, you can only make 50% of the participants happy...

Mike