[blml] Ignorantia juris non excusat

[Wayne Burrows]

On 22/07/07, Sven Pran <svenpran at online.no> wrote:
> > On Behalf Of Wayne Burrows
> .................
> > No I just want the TD to discover if there is a "partnership
> > understanding" or "partnership agreement".
>
> Exactly. And I have told you how I rule that they have a partnership
> understanding, i.e. agreement from experience, when I understand that a
> player use a particular style or method to the extent that his partner must
> probably be aware of it and possibly cater for it.
>
> In some cases it takes only one single occurrence to establish that such
> understanding exists, in other cases it may take several corresponding
> occurrences. How many is a matter of judgement by the Director. (This
> judgement can of course, like most rulings, be appealed.)
>

... and sometimes repeated and potentially unlimited occurrences do
not create a partnership agreement.

Note L75B uses the language "partnership agreement".

Wayne