[blml] Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Grattan Endicott]

Grattan Endicott
grandeval at vejez.fsnet .co.uk
[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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"And if I loved you Wednesday
 What is that to you?
 I do not love you Thursday,
 So much is true."
                - Edna St. V. Millay
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <richard.hills at immi.gov.au>
To: <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] Nobody expects the 
             Spanish Inquisition [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]


> 
> I prefer the present situation of "user pays" for paying the
> cost of insurance against the complexities of their own wacky
> agreements.  I can see no reason for shifting the cost of
> insurance premiums to the bystander opponents.  It seems to
> me that a fundamental part of the nature of expert bridge is
> a good memory; why should part of the cost of an expert's
> failures of memory be outsourced to the other side?
> 
+=+ In following this topic I have the sensation of standing 
on shifting sand. That is to say I find it difficult to grasp what
is being represented severally as "the present situation".  For my
part it seems to me that
(a) a partnership is required to disclose information in accordance 
with Laws 40B and 75C. The requirement is absolute and failure 
to do so, for whatever reason (including forgetfulness or incomplete 
statement of agreements), is a failure to comply with the laws;
(b) a player may ask a question (Law 20F) as part of the disclosure
procedure - in order to elicit information;
(c) a player creates a situation subject to Law 16A1 & 2 if he asks 
a question in order to "make available to his partner extraneous 
information thsat may suggest a call or play". (The WBFLC has 
decreed that it is improper to ask a question for this purpose.) 
(d) questioning to the point of harassment is a breach of Law 74A.
(e) the Director is required to make judgements as to players' 
conformity with these requirements. He must also assess whether 
any breach of law has caused or led to damage for opponents.
                                          ~ Grattan ~   +=+