Supermarket letter – 8
SUPERMARKET NEWSLETTER NO. 8
Incorrect prognosis from Albert Heijn to ex-C1000 franchisee
On December 3, 2014, the District Court of the Northern Netherlands ruled on a dispute in which the attorneys of the Supermarkets section of Ludwig & Van Dam franchise attorneys (Jeroen Sterk and Alex Dolphijn) represented an ex-C1000 entrepreneur. Albert Heijn had issued a prognosis that did not come true.
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Urgent interest in summary proceedings
In the event of legal disputes, it is possible to request the court to take provisional measures by means of summary proceedings.
Suspension of the fee by the franchisee is not in itself an automatic ground for suspension of goods deliveries by the franchisor
The court in Assen recently ruled that a franchisor had wrongly suspended the deliveries of goods.
Codification or self-regulation in the franchising sector
Codification or self-regulation in the franchising sector
Tenancy law and franchise: approval of deviating terms in the tenancy agreement, despite material infringement and the lack of an equal social position between the tenant and landlord
Tenancy law and franchise: approval of deviating clauses in the lease.
Business transfer franchisee: franchisor properly facilitates franchisee in settlement
On November 12, 2014, the District Court of Rotterdam ruled in a case between the franchisor and the franchisee about the lawfulness of the termination of the franchise agreement.
Franchising as urgent personal use
In a judgment dated 18 November 2014, the Court of Appeal in Den Bosch considered, among other things, whether a lessor may terminate the lease of business premises due to urgent personal use.