[blml] ACBL LC Detroit minutes

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Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
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grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herman De Wael" <hermandw at skynet.be>
To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at amsterdamned.org>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] ACBL LC Detroit minutes
> 
 It is impossible for a pair with a system of such complexity 
to so  completely describe this, that the opponents can come 
to the conclusion. Ergo, they should explain the conclusion 
themselves. Since it is impossible for a pair to prove they 
have not discussed something explicitely, I will rule that implicit 
agreements are equally disclosable.
< 
 And that was the point we were trying to make.
 Of course we know that no system is hole-proof. But that 
does not alter the disclosure obligations, which cover both the 
area around the holes and the holes.
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+=+   The bottom line is to be found in Law 40B6(b). When 
summoned the Director will judge, on the weight of the 
evidence he is able to collect, whether the player has acted 
solely on "inferences drawn from his knowledge and experience 
of matters generally known to bridge players" or whether he has 
been assisted by exclusive information shared with his partner 
but not with his opponents. 
                              ~ Grattan ~   +=+