| Legal arbitration could return justice to South | | Posted Thursday, November 23, 2006 12:45:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Justice Ministry is considering the use of a new, legal arbitration system as a way to resolve conflicts, and therefore unrest, in the strife-torn southern border provinces. Justice Minister Charnchai Likhitjitta said the ministry has studied the system and found it could be a key to ending conflicts in criminal cases in the restive region. ''Currently, Thailand uses the arbitration system only in civil cases and the ministry is studying to see if it is applicable to criminal cases, particularly in cases with a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment,'' the minister said during a public forum organised by King Prajadhipok's Institute. ''The approach could foster harmony in the region.'' The legal arbitration system could be used to resolve conflicts outside of the regular court system.... | |
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| | | Eni Starts Arbitration Over Dacion Field in Venezuela | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 2:46:05 AM by Blog57 Team | | Eni SpA said it has started arbitration proceedings against Venezuela before a World Bank body over the nationalisation of the Dacion oil field earlier this year. Nevertheless, Eni added that despite this action, it is still "hopeful of negotiating a solution to obtain full compensation". In April, Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA unilaterally terminated the operating contract for Eni's activities in the Dacion area, it added. .... | |
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| | | Rowand is eligible for salary arbitration | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 2:46:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | Aaron Rowand and the Philadelphia Phillies both declined their respective options for the 2007 season yesterday, making the center fielder eligible for salary arbitration. Rowand hit .262 with 12 home runs and 47 RBIs in 109 games before his season ended after he broke his ankle in a collision during an Aug. 22 game at Chicago. Rowand, acquired last offseason from the Chicago White Sox for Jim Thome, became an instant fan favorite in Philadelphia after he broke his nose on a spectacular run-saving catch against the Mets in May. After Rowand declined a $3.25 million player option, the Phillies declined a $5 million team option. He made $3.25 million this year. Rowand joined pitchers Ryan Madson, Brett Myers, Geoff Geary and All-Star second baseman Chase Utley as arbitration-eligible players.... | |
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| | | Hospital workers reject binding arbitration | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 2:45:53 AM by Blog57 Team | | One of the unions representing thousands of Nova Scotia hospital workers has rejected an offer to go to binding arbitration to avert a strike. The Canadian Union of Public Employees turned down the offer by government negotiators on Thursday, as the clock ticks down to a Nov. 1 strike deadline. "We think they're offering a process where they know we'll be doomed to fail," CUPE negotiator Wayne Thomas told CBC News. Thomas said binding arbitration isn't an option because the pension — the main outstanding issue — affects thousands of workers in four other unions. An arbitrator doesn't have the power to change the pension, he said. "There's no way we believe that an arbitrator would take authority over a plan like that that affects so many people when those aren't direct participants to the arbitration." Minister disappointed Union leaders say it's not fair that the health authorities are using tens of millions of dollars from the pension plan's surplus to reduce their mandatory contributions.... | |
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| | | On the NHL | Salary arbitration playing havoc with teams' caps | | Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 2:45:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | J.P. Dumontwas fairly distressed this summer to find that the Buffalo Sabres were walking away from his $2.9 million arbitration award. He wanted to stay in Buffalo. He wanted a long-term deal. He tried to get one more than a year ago. Yet whenDaniel Brierewas awarded $5 million in arbitration, Dumont knew his chances of being re-signed were remote. And when his own case was settled, he knew he was a goner. The Sabres came close last season to making the Stanley Cup Finals, and they figure to come close again this season as well. Dumont wanted to stick around. General manager Darcy Regierhad little choice but to let him go, given the club's salary cap issues. How can a GM budget when he doesn't know the impact of an arbitration to come? And therein lies a dicey area of the new CBA: salary arbitration.... | |
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| | | Arbitration panel meets first time to resolve Jet-Sahara row | | Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 6:45:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | In a bid to resolve the legal wrangle between Jet Airways and Air Sahara over the collapsed take-over deal, a Bombay High Court-appointed tribunal today commenced the first arbitration proceedings away from the media and public glare. "The tribunal began hearing the parties today and gave its suggestions to both the sides on making submissions," Jet cousel Janak Dwarkadas told PTI here. The venue of arbitration hearing was kept a close guarded secret by both the parties. However, sources close to the development said the proceedings were held in a hotel in downtown Mumbai. The proceedings are likely to continue for some time and there would several hearings before the three-member tribunal, which would ultimately submit its report to the High Court for a final verdict in the case, sources said.... | |
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| | | Pilots seek arbitration | | Posted Sunday, October 01, 2006 10:45:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | Delta Connection pilots sought the appointment Friday of an arbitrator by the National Mediation Board to end their 4-year-old contract impasse with Delta Connection carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines. "You could make more money bagging groceries," Capt. Rick Bernskoetter of Lawrenceville, Ga., said of entry-level pay for a co-pilot. He said Atlantic Southeast Airlines was offering a "microscopic" pay raise of 26 cents an hour for senior pilots, which ASA has termed "substantial." Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a subsidiary of St. George-based SkyWest Inc., could reject the pilot union's call for binding arbitration. ASA vice president Sam Watts said Friday it was premature to say how the company would respond before the mediation board offers to appoint an arbitrator.... | |
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| | | Brown's arbitration hearing to continue on Tuesday | | Posted Sunday, October 01, 2006 12:45:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK - Larry Brown has waited three months to collect a paycheck from the Knicks, and now he'll have to wait even longer. After eight hours of testimony on Friday in Brown's arbitration case, NBA commissioner David Stern announced that Brown's hearing will continue on Tuesday in Manhattan, which could prevent Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas from attending the team's first practice next week. The Knicks are scheduled to travel Monday afternoon to Charleston, S.C., for their week-long training camp. Asked if Thomas would be required to attend Tuesday's hearing, Stern would only say, "That's up to the parties" involved. The Knicks are trying to void the final four years of Brown's contract, worth approximately $40 million. Brown will argue that he is owed $40 million, plus another $12 million in legal fees and damages.... | |
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| | | CAS bans cyclist Forde for 2 years | | Posted Saturday, September 23, 2006 10:45:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) ? World championship medalist Barry Forde has been banned from cycling for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Forde tested positive for high levels of testosterone last October in France, but the Barbados Cycling Union in February found no evidence of deliberate wrongdoing and wouldn't sanction the 29-year-old cyclist. The International Cycling Union appealed to world sport's highest court, and Switzerland-based CAS dismissed the BCU's decision and suspended Forde until December 2007. Forde was the first cyclist from the English-speaking Caribbean to win a world championships medal, a silver in the kieren at Anaheim in 2005. However, the positive doping test forced the Barbados Olympic Association to withdraw him from the team for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.... | |
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| | | Voters reject binding arbitration | | Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:45:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | Voters overwhelmingly struck down a police attempt at binding arbitration, a position the primary supporter called "painful." Nearly 12,000 - 65 percent - of the 18,293 people who cast valid ballots rejected the Professional Police Initiative, which would have allowed a third-party arbiter to make decisions in contract conflicts between the police and the city. .... | |
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