Hi Dan,
That "someone" was me.
I think personally that would be a great Idea - but I do have one concern, as follows:
I think it would only work if the individual topics were locked to prevent irrelevant posts being added, ie. people should be presented with the facts in a straightforward way and in an easy to read format, without having to wade through the personal experiences and opinions of everyone, these should be saved for the "general" sections.
Then as possible changes to legislation etc occur the moderators or originator of the original post should be the ones adding to it / amending it as necessary.
I am a member of several technical forums, and it is soooo frustrating having to wade through 10 pages or so of people posting just for the sake of it to get to the technical facts.
Many Thanks