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Reviewing your CEO Employment Contract

Published on 13 January 2022| By Neil Douglas

Model standards for CEO recruitment, performance and termination (CEO Model Standards) took effect earlier this year. One consequence of this is that various terms typically included in CEO employment contracts are now inconsistent with aspects of the CEO Model...

Governance and administrative law, Updates

Voting with an impartiality interest

Published on 28 August 2020| By Neil Douglas

If a Council member has an interest affecting their impartiality in a matter before the Council, should the Council member participate and vote on the matter?Department’s view The Department’s recent (December 2019) Operational Guidelines have a simple answer –‘With...

Commercial law, Governance and administrative law

Rebel Wilson’s Defamation Win (And Loss)

Published on 07 March 2018| By Neil Douglas

Rebel Wilson’s recent record damages award ($4.5 million plus costs) in her successful claim against magazine publisher Bauer Media has been widely seen as a win against the publication of false or unsubstantiated material that harms an individual’s reputation. ...

Governance and administrative law

Gift disclosure requirements

Published on 19 July 2016| By Neil Douglas

At a wedding, the groom’s parents give the bride a necklace worth $250. The bride happens to be a Council member of a local government. Under the current gift disclosure laws applying to Council members in this State – the bride must make a written disclosure to the...

Reviewing your CEO Employment Contract

Voting with an impartiality interest

Rebel Wilson’s Defamation Win (And Loss)

Gift disclosure requirements

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