Agenda item

(A)  Indemnities for Independent Persons – to consider recommendations concerning the indemnification of Independent Persons appointed under the Localism Act 2011.

For Decision

Insurance and Indemnities for Independent Persons

The Committee on Standards in Public Life had recommended that local authorities provide indemnities to their Independent Persons, appointed under the Localism Act 2011, in relation to their comments during the discharge of their duties. It was, accordingly, recommended that the Court should agree to indemnify Independent Persons in respect of any personal liability arising in the circumstances defined in the report.

Resolved – That the proposals, as set out in the report, to indemnify and/or insure Independent persons (through the extension of the Corporation’s Defamation Cover) against awards of damages or expenses, incurred arising out of the disclosure of any comments made in good faith, during the exercise of their functions as Independent Persons, be approved.