BEagle,
Playing a bit of Devils Advocate here;
You say - "Are you legal? Yes - I'll sign. No - go away!!"
Where in the ANO, the standards documents or LASORS does it say that the Examiner being asked must check the legality of the flights claimed?
I know we all do check but I do not think that there is any legal basis for doing such a check.
The law basically says that an examiner will sign the licence provided the pilot provides the required logbook evidence. The responsibility for complying with the law and not providing false evidence I believe rests fully with the pilot.
Imagine a pilot presents a licence and logbook to you and says here is my logbook showing evidence of having met the requirements and here is the licence - please sign the rating page. You perhaps say "where is your medical" to which they reply - "it is in my CPL licence" (quite common) or they say it has lapsed and I am going to the AME next week for a renewal before I fly my aircraft to France the next day. Are you going to refuse to sign? If so what legal basis do you have?
Regards,
DFC