Darrell Hair is cleared to return as test and one-day umpire.

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 1, 2007) (ITN) - Australian Darrell Hair was cleared by the International Cricket
Council (ICC) on Tuesday (March 18) to return as a test and one-day
international umpire.
    "I can confirm the ICC board has decided to bring him (Hair) back
to test and one-day international level," an ICC spokesman told Reuters
in Dubai where the council is meeting.
    Hair filed a lawsuit against the ICC in February 2006 after being
dropped from the elite umpires list over his handling of the fourth Test
between England and Pakistan in August 2006.
    However, his case later collapsed at an employment tribunal in
London.
    The chain of events that ended up with Hair being stripped of his
position began at The Oval in August 2006 when he accused Pakistan of
ball-tampering and awarded England five extra runs.
    Pakistan, who were in a reasonably strong position at the time,
initially played on until the tea interval but their captain Inzamam-ul-Haq
refused to take his players out for the resumption of play.
    After a delay, Hair removed the bails and awarded the match to England
by default.
    At a meeting of the 10 test-playing nations in November the ICC said
they had "lost confidence" in Hair and that he would be excluded
from the umpires list until his contract expired in March 2008.
    No action was taken against Hair's co-umpire at the match, West Indian
Billy Doctrove, leading to Hair's accusation that he had been singled out
because he was a white umpire.
    Inzamam was cleared of ball tampering by the ICC but banned for four
matches for bringing the game into disrepute.