[blml] Law 21B1

[Tim West-Meads]

Sven wrote:
 
> Oh yes, there is! I can remember some 40 years ago when tournament 
> directors looked at players' hands and announced that he allowed or
> prohibited the call made by a suspected violator of what is now Law > 
16B2. That seemed to be the normal procedure 

Indeed (and it is still a legal procedure in some rubber bridge clubs).  
Then the laws changed.

Now in UI cases (at duplicate) the only ruling is "Play on..call me 
back."  Law21 and Law25 are different.  The TD *must* rule on whether 
(and under what constraints) a change is permitted.  My view is that the 
TD should investigate (away from the table if necessary) sufficiently 
that when he permits a call to be changed he has done so correctly.  
Your view is that the TD should make the player responsible for the 
decision and review that decision at the end.
Neither practice is obviously required/forbidden by law.

With regard to Law25a/b the official EBU position is that the TD should 
definitely establish under which law a change is being permitted *before* 
allowing the change (talking to the player away from the table if 
necessary).  I'm not aware of similar guidance wrt L21 but I'm content 
to follow a similar principle.

Tim