[blml] Clubbed Queen [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Sven Pran:

>I require East to pay sufficient attention to the
>game (Law 74B1) to be aware that no card has been
>played from Dummy and thus does not play his own
>card to that trick.

Richard Hills:

I require declarer to pay sufficient attention to
the game (Law 74B1) so as not make a void call of a
card which is not in dummy.

Given that declarer's infraction of Law 74B1 partly
_caused_ East's subsequent infraction of Law 74B1,
it seems to me that this clearly fits the _for
cause_ criterion of Law 81C8.  So if declarer
requests that East's club queen not be a penalty
card, the TD should so rule.


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch
02 6225 6285