[blml] Any redress or rub of the green

[Sven Pran]

> On Behalf Of Nigel
> [Sven Pran]
> And if you have a fair reason for assuming which information is correct
> and
> it turns out that you assumed wrong you shall almost automatically have
> the
> privilege of a misinformation ruling. Whether this ruling will result in
> redress depends on what damage if any is established. (Look further down
> for
> the case when you cannot reasonably assume which information is correct.)
> 
> [nige1]
> IMO, even if the director rules no damage in the current instance, he
> should make the law-breakers correct their card. 

Sure, and all Directors I know would do.

> Furthermore, he should
> impose a suitable penalty on the law-breakers to recognise that they are
> likely to have gained considerably by bamboozling all their *previous*
> opponents.

The Director has no reason to go back on "previous" rounds, but he has every
reason to issue a warning (which is an automatic implication of an order to
change the CC), hardly anything more than that.

In a masters league some years ago I made a borderline ruling (after
consulting the Norwegian Law committee on telephone) that a pair was playing
an illegal convention. The pair was ordered to amend their system effective
immediately, but I found no damage to NOS on the current board and saw no
reason for further action against that pair. 

Sven