Common use of Judging and shortlist Clause in Contracts

Judging and shortlist. 4.4.1 The entries will be judged by a panel of independent judges, selected by the Company. 4.4.2 The judges are required to disclose to the Company any entry which may involve or give rise to a conflict of interest, or potential conflict of interest. 4.4.3 The judges reserve the right to re-classify or reject any entry that does not comply with the entry criteria or with this Agreement. 4.4.4 In all matters, the decision of the judges will be final, and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into in relation to the result. 4.4.5 All judges sign a non-disclosure agreement that confirms that they will be no divulgence or disclose of any of the content, activity, results, conversations, or presentations in relation to the awards. 4.4.6 Once the judges have reviewed and scored all the entries, those entries meeting a high enough score based on the entry criteria will join the shortlist of entries. 4.4.7 Unsuccessful entries will be informed by email on the shortlist announcement date outlined on the event website. 4.4.8 Feedback about your entry can be provided upon request to unsuccessful entries after the live Awards Event has taken place. 4.4.9 Successful entries on the shortlist, the lead entrant will receive an embargo email one week prior to the shortlist announcement (date can be found on the event website). 4.4.10 The embargo email and information included in it, is to be treated strictly confidential and should not be communicated outside of your organisation until after the date and time specified in the email. 4.4.11 Some Awards have a second stage of judging, which will require no more than three (3) representatives from a Client’s team/organisation to join a 25-minute virtual presentation with judges from the category entered. The Client shall have ten minutes to present three reasons why it should win, followed by 10-15 minutes of questions from the panel of judges. Where applicable, time and date of your presentation will be allocated to You and outlined in the embargo email.