[blml] The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep is sick [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Grattan Endicott (24th November 2006):

>>+=+ Yes, it is a minefield. My current belief is that
>>neither partner is entitled to learn from his partner's
>>explanation that there is a misunderstanding between them.
>>Each should continue bidding and explaining his partner's
>>calls on the basis of his own understanding (on which he has
>>based his earlier calls). Only when the bidding is
>>unmistakably unhinged can he learn from that of the problem.
>>
>>But I have an uneasy feeling there is somewhere an
>>instruction or guidance to players that they should explain
>>according to system correctly, but continue to call on the
>>basis of their own understanding.

[snip]

Richard Hills (25th November 2006):

>In my opinion, Grattan's "uneasy feeling" is indeed how the
>Lawbook should be interpreted.
>
>Law 40E2 footnote:
>
>"A player is not entitled, during the auction and play
>periods, to any aids to his memory ....."

Richard Hills (3rd October 2007):

Even clearer evidence that one's partnership understandings
are _not_ automatically Authorised Information to oneself is
the final sentence of the Law 75 footnote:

"For instance, if North rebids two no trump, South has the
unauthorised information that this bid merely denies a four-
card holding in either major suit; but South’s responsibility
is to act as though North had made a strong game try opposite
a weak response, showing maximum values."


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
Level 6 Aqua Training Suite, DIAC
02 6225 6776

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