Mark,

I disagree with this bit.

All it means is that you have lost the protest as you are deemed to have broken a rule. You have not admitted liability. In the broken tiller bar example, you could argue that yes, you broke the rules (and so loose the protest) but the casue of the damage was the brokjen tiller, so you are not liable, the manufacturer of the tiller bar is liable as the tiller bar was not fit-for-purpose.

The problem is proving it, and if you do we will all made to use solid stainless tiller bars as thet won't break!