Given what has happened to scientific advisers recently in relation to the 2009 L'Aquila, Italy, earthquake disaster (Editorial, Nature Geoscience [2013]), a rational framework for assessing uncertain scientific evidence in unrest circumstances surely now must be a sine qua non for Earth scientists involved in hazard and risk assessment work (Aspinall [2011]).
Billabong did not explain why TPG dropped the offer, but had said in a stock exchange announcement last week that: "As part of its due diligence investigations, TPG and its advisers have expressed concerns in relation to some issues".
He told the inquiry into press ethics that ministers and secretaries of state should know exactly what their special advisers are doing, particularly in relation to quasi-judicial decisions.
One ranking adviser commented, "When viewed in relation to all the events of the day, a worse decision could not have been made".
This time, it wasn't in relation to my adviser Jeff, or to the postdocs, or even my fellow graduate students.
The charts produced provide conversation pieces for advisers to use with their farmer clients in relation to the significant decisions they face.
He and his special adviser at the time, Hannah Pawlby, gave evidence in relation to the prosecution allegation that they were targeted because the News of the World incorrectly thought they were having an affair.
Confirmation of the decision came from Alison Levitt, QC, principal legal adviser to the Director of Public Prosecutions overseeing CPS decision-making, and all potential prosecutions, in relation to the ongoing phone hacking inquiries and related matters.
Ms Evans said she was concerned about the "independence" of the inquiry in relation to advice she had received from one adviser, adding that letters she had sent to the Home Secretary had been re-written by him.
