Law 42B2 - Dummy's Qualified Rights
42B2 says that Dummy "may try to prevent any irregularity".
My question is:
Does the establishment of a revoke count as a (further) irregularity?
Or to put it another way:
Can dummy point out an unestablished revoke to try to prevent it being established?
I suspect not, but I thought I'd ask.
Jeremy
Comments
I don't think this falls under 'preventing an irregularity'. The revoke laws , specifically law 61b here, specifically allow dummy to ask declarer if they've revoked after they fail to follow suit, and 42b1 makes the same reference.
Dummy may enquire whether declarer has revoked when they fail to follow suit, they may not enquire of a defender. It's not specified for how long dummy retains the right to enquire, intuitively once the revoke is established you're in 42b2 territory but there might be some flexibility in the situation described.
The irregularity is the revoke, not its establishment.