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Franchising Law

Franchising Code breaches leave pasta shop franchisor in hot water

We don’t listen to a lot of psychedelic rock here at StevensVuaran Lawyers, but this week we’ve been blasting out “Are You Experienced”, the debut record by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.  We’ve been doing that not because we’re a bit slow in celebrating the album’s 50th anniversary (we were on that back in May) but

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November 20
2017
Competition and consumer law Franchising Law

“The menu, sir? I’m sorry, that’s confidential”

Confidential information can be used (and misused) in lots of different ways. Disputes about use and misuse often arise following the termination of various kinds of contracts (including employment contracts and franchise contracts) which provide for confidential information to be provided by one party to the contract to the other party. If a party is

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May 22
2017
Franchising Law Litigation and dispute resolution

Proposed Fair Work Act changes put franchisors on the hook for franchisee underpayments

A series of recent news reports about underpayments in franchised businesses should have caused prudent franchisors to consider whether their franchise operations contained adequate workplace compliance systems.  However, even imprudent franchisors would probably not have considered that they might face the risk of direct liability for the sins of their franchisees. That looks set to

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March 2
2017
Franchising Law