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A recent dispute over a non-disparagement clause in a settlement deed shows "it's really important to get language right" when drafting these agreements, a lawyer says.

"Particularly with clauses like non-disparagement clauses, which are common and standard and oftentimes just find their way into a settlement, agreement, or a deed, no one pays too much attention to them," says Kingston Reid special counsel Brad Popple.

But the issue being disputed in the action between Network Ten and a former employee was whether the clause was "specific enough" to capture the relevant conduct...