[blml] The new L27C2

[Jesper Dybdal]

L27C1 says "(Law 16D does not apply)"

L27C2 says "At the end of the play the Director shall award an adjusted
score if he judges that without assistance from the insufficient bid the
contract could well have been different*, and the non-offending side is
damaged."

I wonder why L27C2 is concerned only with damage arising from a
different contract.

What should the TL do if the contract could not "well have been
different", but the non-offending side is damaged in the play? - either
because the same contract is reached in a different way or because the
offending side becomes defenders and defend better because of
information from the insufficient bid.

If I have overlooked a discussion of this aspect among the many BLML
messages about the new L27, I apologize and would very much appreciate a
pointer to that discussion.

(In the Danish Bridge Federation, the new laws
(http://www.bridge.dk/lov/love07) will be in force by January 1.  The
DBF Laws Committee is currently revising various documents with guidance
for directors.  We like the idea of recommending L27C1 in as many
situations as at all possible, but we are not certain what we should
recommend for this situation.)
-- 
Jesper Dybdal, Denmark.
http://www.dybdal.dk (in Danish).