[bluejak]

In my view if partner makes a call, and you are not clear what its meaning is because either

• you have forgotten your agreement, or
  
• you have no agreement

and, in your view, at least one of the possible meanings partner may ascribe to it is an alertable one then you should alert.

[blackshoe]

What the law says is "Failure to alert promptly where an alert is required by the Regulating Authority is deemed misinformation." Here, if there isn't a requirement to alert, then not alerting does not meet the criterion in the law, so it's not MI. The EBL Alert Regulation is pretty short, and it doesn't directly address the question of alerts where the meaning in another auction requires an alert, however two points it makes are germane: "Players, however, are expected to alert whenever there is doubt" and "Full disclosure is vital". Given these two provisions, I think failure to alert in this case does constitute MI within the law.

[duschek]

Thank you. I ruled along those lines too, but the players concerned did not really agree