Have you looked at the Terms of Reference or Constitution that defines the authority of the hearings? Thee ought to be something somewhere saying that the decision makers must make 'informed' decisions. There ought to be a provision somewhere that the decision makers have checked the credentials of advisers on whose advice/information they base decisions. Interesting idea. But as James pointed out here, its not legal standing in small claims. That would be a large scale civil suit in federal court. I am not prepared to handle that monster..... Charles *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html