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    Employment is about to be defined by the court

    4 pm: The judges have taken turn in reading the plaintiffs' and defence arguments. So far it sounds a simple legal battle. Samak's accusers said he was "employed" by a studio to host the TV cooking show, whereas Samak's defence insisted he was urged to help with the programme and by no means was its "employee". The court's verdict, surely , will have to touch upon definitions of "employ" , "employer" and "employee" and interpret payments made to Samak.

    This could very well affect all employment in Thailand, not just expats. The potential for being a far reaching decision is great IMHO.

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    identical thoughts here .............

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    The Constitution Court Tuesday convicted Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej of having violated the charter by hosting commercial TV shows while in office.

    The court voted unanimously to give a guilty verdict against Samak and disqualified him as the prime minister.

    The court reasoned that the Constitution was aimed to prevent conflicts of interest on part of Cabinet members so Samak had violated in the intention of the charter although he host the programmes on part-time basis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by El Gibbon View Post
    This could very well affect all employment in Thailand, not just expats. The potential for being a far reaching decision is great IMHO.
    Not likely I think, there's no doctrine of judicial precedent in Thailand. No other Courts would be obliged to follow the ruling (whatever that may be).

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    Hope Toxin has a spare bedroom over there in England!

    English taxpayers please note you may have another political refugee in the coming days.

    Wonder how many suitcases are being packed on the Thai version of "Airforce One" at the moment.

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    Ruling referred only to the definition of employment under Article 267 of the 2007 Constitution (prohibiting employment by Cabinet members), which the court held was broader than the definition of 'employment' found elsewhere in Thai law.

    As noted above, the court explained that an expanded definition of 'employment' was consistent with the intent of the Article, which was to prevent conflicts of interest.
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    For all the shit these guy's get away with and they dick him on the cooking show.

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    ^ I agree, that's priceless.

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    According to the BBC at 6pm his party said they will reinstate him.

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