adrianc
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Post by adrianc on May 10, 2023 18:49:56 GMT
Yes, he spent his last term in power trying to do exactly that, but it didn't much help - which is why he's now crying about it again. The US system does politicise the judiciary, though, via the appointment of judges, especially at the Supreme Court. It's nothing new, though... Choices have been controversial since at least Nixon's time. Don't know if the political appointees spread down from the supreme court or not but strikes me as a very bad thing. Yep, several different types of senior federal judges are Presidential appointments, some state judges are appointed by the state governor. Mind you, the UK Supreme Court judges are basically appointed by the Lord Chancellor, a PM-appointed minister. A commission of senior judges plus others "recommend", and the monarch officially does it, but it's really the LC. 
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Post by adrianc on May 10, 2023 18:51:22 GMT
Finally some not-entirely-terrible news from this government.
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Post by agent69 on May 10, 2023 19:01:52 GMT
There's been a lot of talk recently about politicians in various countries not being entirely honest. However, this guy appears to take things to a whole new level.
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Post by bracknellboy on May 10, 2023 20:30:40 GMT
There's been a lot of talk recently about politicians in various countries not being entirely honest. However, this guy appears to take things to a whole new level.
Yes well George Santo's reputation proceeds him. Or at least it does now. Or should that be that Anthony Devoldor's reputation proceeds him ?
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Post by daveb on May 10, 2023 20:36:38 GMT
"Seems America is falling apart at the seams. Justice system moving ever closer to making political decisions as per states such as Russia/Saudi/Iran etc."
I think in those places it's more that politicians make judicial decisions
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Post by agent69 on May 11, 2023 21:55:42 GMT
Another property dispute fiasco.
A complaint about the location of a new basement resulted in legal fees of over £400k. The cost of correcting the problem was £12k.
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Post by adrianc on May 12, 2023 13:53:55 GMT
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Post by Greenwood2 on May 12, 2023 14:03:02 GMT
But would they let them keep their arsenals?
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Post by registerme on May 12, 2023 22:43:23 GMT
But would they let them keep their arsenals? They could probably set up a PMC.
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Post by ilmoro on May 13, 2023 10:46:43 GMT
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Post by bracknellboy on May 13, 2023 13:43:17 GMT
A) Thank god for a common sense judgement B) How on earth he managed to be on that plan I don't know. Sounds very unlike the employer involved, certainly for recent years. Unless he was on an enormous salary prior to disability - the article doesn't state what %age of his original salary that £54k represents. C) If he was in that situation today, I'd bet that after 12-18 months that employer would be looking very hard for ways to manouvere him off the books. D) I have to suspect that the cost may be being borne by a 3rd party insurer/plan provider for the plan that was in place at the time.
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Post by adrianc on May 13, 2023 15:50:35 GMT
"Ian Clifford started working for Lotus Development in 2000 before it was acquired by IBM"Umm...? IBM bought Lotus in 1995. I know this, because I left the following year... His LinkedIn profile describes him as "medically retired" and having taken "early retirement" - yet he's been studying for an MSc and started as a school governor since he stopped actively working. A "long career" that actively spanned about 12 years, it seems. uk.linkedin.com/in/ilclifford
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Post by ethel on May 13, 2023 17:11:59 GMT
I read somewhere that he took a 25% cut in salary when he went on "sick leave". His salary when working was around £72,000. Nice work if you can get it.
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Post by bracknellboy on May 13, 2023 17:32:29 GMT
I read somewhere that he took a 25% cut in salary when he went on "sick leave". His salary when working was around £72,000. Nice work if you can get it. It is entirely possible that under a flexible benefits scheme that particular employer might or still may have, he could have been making a salary sacrifice to increase the level of sick pay entitlement - in terms of %age of salary - that he gets paid during an entitlement period. It is possible that the scheme paid out 100% of salary for a set period, and then that dropped to another level after that period, but a uplift was due if additional contributions had been paid by the employee. The surprising thing is the duration it has lasted.
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Post by registerme on May 13, 2023 17:42:21 GMT
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