What gets me half of them are also on the WIPO panelist list:
Nick Gardner
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/p...dner-nickj.pdf
Tony Willoughby
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/p...ughby-tony.pdf
Ian Lowe
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/p...s/lowe-ian.pdf
See Full list here:
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Service
So you have 'experts' like Tony Willoughby deciding cases based upon the UDRP rules:
WayneRooney.com
WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2006-0916
And then doing the DRS appeal on mercer.co.uk based upon another set of rules:
http://www.nominet.org.uk/digitalAss...cer_appeal.pdf