Silent minority

DISSENTS are often the most entertaining part of arbitrations and court decisions, and it is no secret that there have been people who over the years have earned justifiable reputations - and nice livings - as professional dissenters. Dissenters are entitled to their opinions, as are majorities. But what are we to make of a recent arbitration in which the dissenting arbitrator did not even write an opinion? Had he perhaps listened to his master’s voice, but not wanted to have to explain it, or been too lazy to do so?