Drafting Directors' Service Agreements ― And Other Senior Contracts

Increasing governance requirements and shareholder scrutiny is bringing the role, responsibilities and liabilities of directors and senior managers into sharper focus than ever before. Gillian Howard's Director's Service Agreements and Other Senior Contracts is a no-nonsense legal guide to the law in this area. The book covers the structure and wording that should be used for key areas such as remuneration, benefits, restrictive covenants, fiduciary duties along with disciplinary and grievance procedures. The book is a definitive guide for ensuring any Service Agreement or contractual document is intelligible, says what it means, covers as many eventualities as possible, is not so vague as to be deemed void for uncertainty and is fair and balanced. A CD ROM of legal precedents accompanies the text.

Gillian Howard has advised on employment law for nearly 30 years. She uses a blend of practical experience as well her sharp and highly trained academic mind in advising employers and individuals. Gillian is an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FFOM), Royal College of Physicians and was a Member of its Ethics Committee from 1985 until 2002. She was appointed as a Lay Member of the Board of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Royal College of Physicians in 2004. She was an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Occupational Medicine at the University of Birmingham, School of Dentistry and Medicine from 1 January 1996 to 1 January 2004. She has also advised the Society of Occupational Medicine, the British Medical Association, the Medical Defence Union and the Royal Society of Medicine among other professional bodies. Gillian was for 12 years a Member of the Council of ASH - Action on Smoking and Health She was also an adviser to the House of Commons Committee on Smoking in Public Places and a joint author of White Paper on Restrictions on the use of Tobacco Advertising and Smoking in Public Places (1999).