[blml] Law 25A

[Sven Pran]

> On Behalf Of Roger Pewick
...............
> > After having allowed a Law 25A correction of a call 
> > (according to the circumstances around the alleged 
> > inadvertent call) we evaluate the situation again
> > when all cards are known. The main question at that 
> > time is this:
> > Did the alleged inadvertent call give any bridge 
> > information relevant to the actual hand?
> >
> > If the answer to this question is "yes" we consider 
> > reversing the Law25A ruling and award an adjusted
> > score on the board.
> >
> > If the alleged inadvertent call did not convey any 
> > bridge information relevant to that hand we understand 
> > minute #7 to confirm that the call was indeed inadvertent.
> >
> > Sven
> 
> If nothing prevented a player from correcting his inadvertent 
> call and a player did not do so, once there has been the time 
> for the TD to arrive the law forbids the TD ruling that the
> player may then correct his call [as provided by L25A]-
> without regard to intention at time the call had been made.
> 
> regards
> roger pewick

This was indeed the understanding of Law 25A a decade or so ago, but as we
understand WBFLC this is no longer the case. Similarly the question if the
alleged inadvertent call carried any bridge information was explicitly
stated (in the commentaries of 1992) as being entirely irrelevant; presently
we understand this question to be most important in an after the fact
evaluation.

It remains to see what will happen to Law 25 in the upcoming laws.

Regards Sven