[blml] a matter of moment [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Manuela Mandache:

[snip]

>For the first "federal" tournament I was directing (about 14
>months ago...) I passed by a table and heard defender 1: "It's
>Clubs, pard." - defender 2: "Oh, I still have Clubs." - declarer:
>"I was starting to get worried...", and they went on happily.
>
>Should I have brought the law upon them?

Scope and Interpretation:

"When these Laws say that a player 'may' do something ('any player
may call attention to an irregularity during the auction'), the
failure to do it is not wrong."


Season's greetings

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