[blml] Declining to ask a bid's meaning to achieve aspecificpurpose

[Grattan Endicott]

from Grattan Endicott
grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk
[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Reppert" <ereppert at rochester.rr.com>
To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] Declining to ask a bid's meaning to achieve
aspecificpurpose


>
> On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:33 AM, Grattan Endicott wrote:
>
> > The Director should know what ruling to make
> > where he is working; if he doesn't he should
> > allow the result to stand but refer the ruling to
> > an appeals committee himself.
>
> Not sure I understand the rationale here. Seems to me "what ruling to
> make" in this case is a matter of law (or perhaps regulation, but it
> amounts to the same thing). A committee cannot overturn a TD on a
> matter of law. So the most the TD can get from a committee is a
> recommendation to change his ruling - which may or may not be based
> on knowing what the correct ruling should be. Why shouldn't the TD
> consult with more knowledgeable directors before ruling? That would
> make more sense to me.
>
+=+ Certainly the Director should consult. Beyond that his correct
procedure is to make a ruling and refer it subsequently to the TAC.
Crucially, beyond that he has the Law 81C9 power to take a matter
to the national authority.                ~ G ~   +=+