A3.2 Explain The Legal Implications Of Meeting Minutes

AC3.1: Explain the purpose of meeting minutes

● Purpose: minutes are a written record of notes taken at a meeting. This is notes of items discussed an actions that everyone has agreed to do. It is also used as a register to confirm who is and is not attending and who was and was not there when decisions were made. The overall purpose of minutes is that they serve as a record of the meeting’s procedures and outcomes

AC3.2: Explain the legal implications of meeting minutes

● Legal purpose of meeting minutes: minutes of a meeting are a legally binding document and serve as a written acknowledgement of all things agreed and auctioned at the meeting. They protect the organisation, as they will be a written record of what has been agreed for them to do so that if there was an issue and this was to go to court then they can use the minutes as evidence to show that they have done what was asked of them. This will also protect the meeting participants as within one o one o5 appraisals thy can use minutes to show that they have me all that has been asked of them.

● Legal implications of meeting minutes: minutes can be used as evience in the event of legal action. This is similar to what s mentioned above. Minutes can and will e used as a legally binding document which is why it is important that everything is agreed, including actions.

If actions from the meeting are challenged, liability for the action may be shifted from the individual taking the action to the decision agreed by a group, which is why it is important to make sure that you read the minutes before agreeing or disagreeing as this will then b e a group decision and you could be liable even if the action wasn’t aimed at you. Decisions need to demonstrate that all members of the group agreed an