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

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Brian Meadows:

[snip]

>It's my opinion that a TD *should* assume that a player is
>basically truthful *absent* good reason to think otherwise.

[snip]

Richard Hills:

Acolytes of the De Wael School like citing this phrase of
the Law 75 footnote:

"the Director is to presume Mistaken Explanation, rather
than Mistaken Bid, in the absence of written evidence to the
contrary"

However, it seems to me that there may be a misprint in the
De Wael School's copy of the Lawbook, since my copy of the
Lawbook lacks the adjective "written".  As Brian has noted,
verbal evidence from players is quite often basically
truthful.

Law 85A:

"When the Director is called upon to rule on a point of law
or regulation in which the facts are not agreed upon, he
shall proceed as follows:
If the Director is satisfied that he has ascertained the
facts, he rules as in Law 84."

Richard Hills:

The World Bridge Federation might soon officially rule that
the Law 85A word "satisfied" should not be interpreted as
"the Director is satisfied that his ruling is in accordance
with his personal De Wael School philosophy" but rather
should be interpreted as "the Director is satisfied that his
ruling is based on the balance of probabilities".

If the World Bridge Federation does decide to issue such a
clarifying ruling (which is what many sensible Directors have
been doing for decades anyway), then, in my opinion, a
Director who is a De Wael School acolyte should have to
choose between:

(a) continuing to be an acolyte of the De Wael School, or

(b) continuing to be a licensed Director.


Best wishes

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

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