Gladwell's Line: Justice Shirley's America's Cup questions answered

2009/11/03

On Friday 6 November at 0930hrs the New York Supreme Court will reconvene once again to hear submissions from lawyers representing the America’s Cup Defender, Societe Nautique de Geneve, and the Challenger, Golden Gate Yacht Club. Centre stage will be three expert Jurors appointed following Justice Shirley Kornreich’s remarkable decision of just a week ago. To properly advise the Court, she required the two parties to select one expert Juror each, and for those two to select a third – forming her own advisory Panel. Bryan Willis (GBR), a two time America’s Cup Jury Chairman, was appointed by Golden Gate YC. Graham Mckenzie (NZL) a member of the 2007 America’s Cup Jury was nominated by Societe Nautique de Geneve. The third member is believe to be David Tillett (AUS) Chairman of the International Sailing Federation’s Racing Rules Committee, and Chairman of the 2008 Olympic Jury. Tillett and Mckenzie are lawyers by profession. Willis is a former Magistrate on the Isle of Wight....