[blml] De Wael School (was ...poll) [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Herman De Wael:

>Last night, my partner did not alert my 2C, which was check-back.
>He subsequently bid 2H (my suit) which, by system, shows a minimum
>hand. I did not alert,

[snip]

>Consider what I did not tell them: I did not tell them my partner
>was limited to 12 points (in fact he did have 14). How would they
>have felt if I had told them he had 12 points, they had doubled,
>it would have made, and I would say "aha, but I did not MI you
>since this IS our system". I still maintain that I am acting as
>ethical as I can within the laws.

Richard Hills:

I do not disagree that Herman is acting within his idiosyncratic
assessment of ethics.  I merely dispute Herman's assertion that
his actions are consistent with Law and the Lawful Belgian alert
regulation (which presumably required that the systemic 2H should
have been alerted).

Law 80 gives the Belgian National Bridge Organisation the power to
create an alert regulation.  Law 81 gives the Director the power to
interpret Law and regulation.  Law 72A1 requires players (even
Herman De Wael) to play "in strict accordance with the Laws".

And, most importantly, Law 72A6 states:

"The responsibility for penalising irregularities and redressing
damage rests solely upon the Director and these Laws, not upon the
players themselves."

So even if the De Wael School interpretation is right, a De Wael
School at-the-table action is wrong, since Herman is unilaterally
infracting Law 72A6 by usurping the Law interpretation role which
properly belongs to the Director and the Belgian NBO.


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch, DIAC
02 6225 6285

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