| The impact of cost-capping orders
Cost-capping orders give judges the power to limit the parties' recoverable costs at different stages of litigation. Cost-capping orders were introduced about five years ago when courts started to grant orders to limit parties' recoverable costs at different stages of their claims. .
F1: Stewards Duck Out of Spyker Protest Against STR
Almost 24 hours after the protest was delivered by Spyker, the stewards - under the direction of permanent member Tony Scott-Andrews - delivered a lengthy and carefully worded judgment.The bottom line was that since Spyker had already set the legal process of arbitration through the International Chamber of Commerce against Toro Rosso and Super Aguri in motion, they were not prepared to set another process in motion via the FIA sporting code. .
Drop In Blood Donations Over Labbies Strike
The Blood Service says the laboratory workers strike is causing a drop in donations, but District Health Boards are reporting minimal disruption from the industrial action.The 48-hour strike began this morning, after mediation between District Health Boards and the Medical Laboratory Workers' Union broke down.The Union says there has only been one reported incident, in Christchurch, of a laboratory worker being called in to give life preserving treatment to a patient.However, a Blood Service spokesperson Paul Hayes, says there has been a drop in donations today, as donors mistakenly believe collection points are closed due to the strike.Mr Hayes says most collection points are open tomorrow, except for Tauranga and Hamilton.© NewsRoom 2007 .
Mediators with no opinions wanted
Consumers prefer mediators who "do not offer an overt opinion" and have good communication skills, according to a new study. Almost half of the respondents questioned preferred mediators who offered no legal or commercial opinion. Only one in 10 said they liked an intermediary who would be willing to offer an opinion and even suggest settlement figures. Author of the study Amanda Bucklow said that mediators have spent more than 15 years trying to establish mediation as the preferred method of alternative dispute resolution without looking at what consumers want. Bucklow said "informed decisions" could now be made. .
Seattle Times, PI reach agreement to keep both newspapers publishing
The settlement that owners of Seattle's two daily newspapers announced Monday appears to end the city's four-year-old newspaper dispute. Both The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer will continue to publish for the foreseeable future. But with few details about the agreement immediately available, many observers were speculating about why The Seattle Times Co. had agreed to the deal. The Times is paying The Hearst Corp., the P-I's owner, $24 million. And it is getting no relief, at least for now, from a contract with Hearst that Times Publisher Frank Blethen has repeatedly said threatens his newspaper's profitability and tradition of family ownership. At a news conference Monday, Blethen called the settlement "good news for us." It gets The Times out of an expensive legal struggle, he said, and allows the two companies to rebuild their fractured business relationship.
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