[blml] Réf. : played or not?

[Jerry Fusselman]

On 8/8/07, Grattan Endicott <grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk> wrote
> +=+ As to what argument could persuade me in an appeal
> committee, I would listen with care to any suggestion that
> declarer has not played any card because he has not given
> any instruction as to a play consistent with a No Trumps
> contract.   ~ G ~   +=+

Whose suggestion would you listen to?  The table director?  The DiC?
Declarer?  Defenders?  Would you ignore the other side of the
argument?

Is the basic principle here that you would not want to overrule the
DiC on a point of law in appeal-committee service?

-Jerry Fusselman