A state financial services manager in a middle management position with approximately six years and eight months' service, a base salary of $103,000 plus incentive plans, aged 44 with chartered accountancy qualifications, was entitled to four months' reasonable notice of termination. The standard of appellate review applicable to findings as to reasonable notice (whether House v The King discretionary principles or the damages assessment approach) remains unresolved, though the Court noted the result is unlikely to differ on either approach. McLure P expressed reservations about the established formulation that reasonable notice is the period needed to obtain 'new employment of a similar nature', but the point was left open.
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