Richard Ott­ley

Exper­tise

• Com­mer­cial
• Employ­ment
• Fran­chis­ing
• Work­place Health & Safety
• Notary Pub­lic

Sec­tors

• Man­u­fac­tur­ing & Industrials
• Pri­vate Clients & Fam­i­ly Businesses
• Retail & Wholesale
• Ser­vices Pro­fes­sion­al & Non-professional

Expe­ri­ence

My employ­ment prac­tice con­sists of draft­ing employ­ment agree­ments and con­trac­tor agree­ments, advis­ing on award cov­er­age, statu­to­ry enti­tle­ments and the rights and oblig­a­tions of both employ­ees and employ­ers includ­ing under the Fair Work Act, and whether restraint of trade claus­es are enforce­able. I pro­vide advice in dis­ci­plin­ing and ter­mi­na­tion of employ­ees includ­ing unfair dis­missal claims, claims for adverse action and dis­crim­i­na­tion based claims. In addi­tion, I reg­u­lar­ly advise on defama­tion issues. 

• Advis­ing employ­ers and employ­ees gen­er­al­ly in con­nec­tion with employ­ment issues
• Advis­ing in rela­tion to award cov­er­age and statu­to­ry oblig­a­tions of employers
• Act­ing for employ­ers and employ­ees in con­nec­tion with claims aris­ing from ter­mi­na­tion of employ­ment includ­ing unfair dis­missal claims and claims aris­ing under the Gen­er­al Pro­tec­tion Provisions
• Draft­ing con­trac­tor agreements
• Advis­ing in rela­tion to restraint of trade
• Assist­ing fran­chisors in con­nec­tion with their operations
• Draft­ing fran­chise agree­ments and draft­ing and set­tling dis­clo­sure documents
• Advis­ing gen­er­al­ly in con­nec­tion with the Fran­chis­ing Code of Conduct
• Advis­ing on com­pe­ti­tion issues con­cern­ing the Aus­tralian Com­pe­ti­tion and Con­sumer Act
• Proof read­ing and advis­ing gen­er­al­ly in rela­tion to defamation
• As a Notary Pub­lic assist­ing indi­vid­u­als and organ­i­sa­tions with var­i­ous notar­i­al and authen­ti­ca­tion service.

Roles, mem­ber­ships and edu­ca­tion
 

• Notary Pub­lic hav­ing been admit­ted in 2006
• Qual­i­fied as a medi­a­tor in 2003 through LEADR
• Solic­i­tor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• Solic­i­tor of the Supreme Court of Eng­land and Wales
• Solic­i­tor of the High Court of Australia