Frank E. Walsh Jr., testifying as a government witness in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, said it was not the responsibility of the compensation committee of Tyco's board to set Mr. Belnick's pay.
Senior management remuneration packages are usually the responsibility of the compensation committee of the board of directors in the U.S. (or the supervisory board in many other countries).
The Ministry of Justice, which has since taken over responsibility for compensation for miscarriages of justice from the Home Office, said it was considering whether to appeal to the House of Lords.
It outlined serious concerns about the Asic-backed compensation process for CFPL clients who had lost money because of adviser misconduct, and concluded that the bank's credibility was "so compromised" that it should lose responsibility for compensation payments.
The wealthier countries are fighting hard to have any legal responsibility for compensation diluted or removed.
Sometimes, they persuaded children, younger relatives or neighbors to take on the responsibilities with promises of compensation: care for me when I'm old, the bargain went, and I will leave you the house.
Mr Ahmed points out that paying for wounded workers' treatment is the employers' responsibility and is not part of compensation.
I got a sound education, thanks to my parents' foresight, and have had good jobs and a steadily advancing amount of both responsibility and compensation.
The government has also passed legislation absolving it of responsibility to pay compensation for the land if Britain, the former colonial power, does not provide the funds.
Among the other-regarding concerns for which personal identity seems relevant are those about the nature and grounds of moral responsibility, compensation, interpersonal moral relations, abortion and embryonic research, population ethics, and therapeutic treatments for dissociative identity disorders.
