New policy rules for assessing (fictitious) franchising employment
Recently, the State Secretary for Finance clarified the assessment criteria for the franchisee's independence.
Indemnity I
Many franchise contracts contain clauses that must indemnify the franchisor against the conduct of the franchisee.
Recent jurisprudence
Discussion deserves a recent ruling by the Court in preliminary relief proceedings.
Rental problems: a follow-up
Earlier in this section attention was paid to the possibilities for tenants of retail space in particular
Delivery of the rented property at the end of the rental agreement
Article 7:224 of the Dutch Civil Code stipulates that the tenant will leave the rented property at the end of the rental agreement
Pre-agreement, letter of intent
A so-called pre-agreement is occasionally concluded before entering into a franchise agreement.
Will the real competent judge please stand up!
Franchising, especially hard franchising, is increasingly a mixed legal relationship.
Reinvestment / restyling within an existing franchise concept.
In practice, we have recently seen more and more developments that point to a conversion/restyling of the franchise organization
The possibilities regarding claiming a rent reduction then
Following on from earlier published articles of my hand, I will once again deal with a tenancy law issue below.
Developments in competition law
Some time ago, the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) made a groundbreaking ruling that is of great importance to all franchise organizations in the Netherlands.