The intention of these pages is to further educate Directors primarily by reference to ‘book rulings’ but with some lesser known aspect of the Laws. These are not ‘trick’ situations, but do require the Director to give some thought to the relevent Law to use, and to then correctly interpret it. I intend to post a new situation each month. In these incidents, our hapless Director will invariably make the wrong (but not unreasonable) decision. It will be up to you to improve the ruling.
Many of the rulings highlight the difference in the 2017 Laws from the previous version – so ensure you are not using the old book.
Tony Haworth
August 2020 – Un-Authorised Explanation
June 2020 – Declarer’s Inadvertant Play
May 2020 – Two Insufficient Bids
April 2020 – Lead-Out-Of Turn (Opponent’s Lead)
March 2020 – Unable To Comply With Lead Request
January 2020 – Revoke By Dummy
December 2019 – Unauthorised Information After Hesitation
November 2019 – Illegal Deception
October 2019 – Revoke + Unauthorised Information
September 2019 – Dummy’s Wrong Card
July 2019 – Opening Lead Out Of Turn – Authorised Information
June 2019 – Player Ignoring Infraction/Calling Director
March 2019 – Declarer’s Lead From Wrong Hand – Defender’s Infringement
February 2019 – Multiple Revokes (Different Players)
January 2019 – Revoke On Twelfth Trick
December 2018 – Call Out Of Rotation/Comparable Call
September 2018 – Opening Bid Out Of Turn
August 2018 – Accepting Opening Lead
June 2018 – Player’s Own Ruling