pran, on 2017-November-25, 14:21, said:
There is a fine point here: The Director should rule so that an appeal must come from the offending side if he expects that an appeal is likely regardless of which way he rules.
In applying Law 12C1c one needs first to decide that 12C1a applies:
"When after an irregularity the Director is empowered by these laws to adjust a score and is able to award an assigned adjusted score, he does so."
The question is under which law here is the TD empowered to adjust the score. It is a withdrawn concession, within the correction period, and the TD is only empowered to adjust the score "if a player has conceded a trick that could not be lost by any normal play of the remaining cards."
We, and others, all think that the TD should be able to adjust, but what does Law 12b2 say?:
"The Director may not award an adjusted score on the grounds that the rectification provided in these Laws is either unduly severe or advantageous to either side."
So,the Chimp would argue that it is just tough luck that the application of Law 71 does not provide adequate rectification, in that a trick could have been lost to the KH by normal (albeit inferior) play. And 84D does not apply as the Laws DO provide rectification, just inadequately.
I want to adjust, but fear that the laws say I should not. I shall ask what people think on Bridgewinners.