[blml] Are the laws clear on telling pard to ask a question?[SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Sven Pran]

> On Behalf Of richard.hills at immi.gov.au
> Sven Pran:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> >I would as TD have denied West the right to ask any question
> >after East's illegal activity,
> 
> [snip]
> 
> Richard Hills:
> 
> It seems to me that a Law 16A "logical alternative action" is
> contextually defined as only a "call or play", so a question
> is not an "action" in that context.
> 
> Therefore, I would permit West to ask any question she likes.
> 
> But I would be prepared to adjust the score if East's "Kaplan
> question" infraction of Law 41 damaged North-South by either
> direct provision of UI, or by indirect reminder (infraction
> of Law 40E2 footnote) to West to ask his own question.

I accept the possibility that "action" in Law 16 can be limited to "calls"
and "plays", this is definitely not clear but I do not find it important.

As she apparently had been prepared to select her opening lead without
asking any questions, her possible asking now would obviously be a result of
the illegal activity by East, and I would therefore rule any information she
possibly could get from her asking at this time to be extraneous for her
when selecting her opening lead. Such information would only be authorized
for her after East could legally ask.

The consequence of this would still be that West must carefully try to avoid
suspicion that her selection for the opening lead "could have been
demonstrably suggested" over an alternative lead by information resulting
from East's illegal activity. 

Sven