TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF DR SEMILLER ' S OPINION .
16 THE APPLICANT ' S ARGUMENT MUST BE REJECTED IN RELATION TO THE FIRST TWO REQUIREMENTS WHICH SHE CONSIDERS WERE DISREGARDED . IT IS TRUE THAT THE FINAL REPORT WAS MADE LATER THAN IT OUGHT NORMALLY TO HAVE BEEN . NEVERTHELESS , IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT AT THE TIME THERE WAS A DISPUTE BETWEEN DR TURNER AND THE COMMISSION WHICH WAS RESOLVED BY THE AFORESAID JUDGMENT OF 9 JULY 1981 . IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES , FAR FROM ADVERSELY AFFECTING DR TURNER , THE DELAY ENABLED THE APPEAL ASSESSOR TO GIVE HIS OPINION MORE CALMLY AT A TIME WHEN THE AFORESAID SITUATION OF CONFLICT HAD ABATED . SIMILARLY , THE ALLEGED LACK OF CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE FIRST ASSESSOR AND DR TURNER CANNOT LEAD TO THE NULLITY OF THE CONTESTED REPORT . THE PRESENT ACTION RELATES TO THE FINAL REPORT AS DRAWN UP BY THE APPEAL ASSESSOR . IT IS NOT DENIED THAT THE APPEAL ASSESSOR HAD A GENUINE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH DR TURNER , THUS REPAIRING ANY NEGLECT AT A PREVIOUS STAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS . ON THE OTHER HAND , THE THIRD DEFECT ALLEGED BY DR TURNER MERITS CLOSER SCRUTINY .
17 ARTICLE 3 OF THE GUIDE TO STAFF REPORTS PROVIDES THAT THE FIRST ASSESSOR MUST CONSULT THE OFFICIAL ' S SUPERIOR IN ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT TO WHICH HE BELONGED . IN THE PRESENT CASE THE FIRST ASSESSOR CONFINED HIMSELF TO SENDING DR SEMILLER A DRAFT REPORT FOR SIGNATURE WITHOUT OFFERING HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE HIS OPINION . IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES THERE WAS NO CONSULTATION OF THE PREVIOUS SUPERIOR FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 3 OF THE GUIDE TO STAFF REPORTS .
18 THE APPEAL ASSESSOR IS ALSO UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO OBTAIN INFORMATION AND TO CONSULT . THAT OBLIGATION FLOWS FROM THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS . ARTICLE 7 OF THE GUIDE TO STAFF REPORTS PROVIDES THAT THE APPEAL ASSESSOR MUST UNDERTAKE ALL NECESSARY CONSULTATIONS . POINT B.9.3.1 . OF THE GUIDE STATES , IN THAT RESPECT , THAT THE APPEAL ASSESSOR MUST OBTAIN THE FULLEST INFORMATION POSSIBLE AND TO FULFIL THAT OBLIGATION HE MAY IN PARTICULAR SEEK INFORMATION FROM ANY OTHER SUPERIOR OF THE OFFICIAL ASSESSED . THE INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDE TO STAFF REPORTS , WHICH , IT MUST BE NOTED WAS SIGNED BY THE PERSON WHO WAS THE APPEAL ASSESSOR IN THE PRESENT CASE , STATES THAT HENCEFORTH THE ASSESSOR MUST CONSULT ' NOT ONLY THE OFFICIAL ' S IMMEDIATE SUPERIOR BUT ALSO OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS WITH INFORMATION TO IMPART ' .
19 IN THE PRESENT CASE , THE APPEAL ASSESSOR KNEW THAT DR SEMILLER DID NOT APPROVE OF THE PROPOSED REPORT SINCE HE HAD EMPHATICALLY NOTED HIS DISAGREEMENT ON THE FIRST REPORT . THAT FACT SHOULD HAVE LED HIM TO QUESTION DR SEMILLER . THE LATTER HAD BEEN DR TURNER ' S SUPERIOR FOR A FAR LONGER PART OF THE PERIOD IN QUESTION THAN DR SIDDONS . HIS MORE FAVOURABLE OPINION WAS ALL THE