(Directors’ and shareholders’) liability in the event of transfer or phasing out the franchise formula
(Directors' and shareholders') liability in the event of transfer or phasing out the franchise formula
Directors’ liability in the event of an incorrect forecast
On 4 February 2015, the Rotterdam District Court rendered a judgment on, among other things, the question of whether the director of a selling legal entity was liable.
Liability advisor for franchise agreements
When entering into a franchise agreement, the prospective franchisee sometimes engages an advisor to arrange financing, for example.
Director’s liability at franchisor?
Director's liability at franchisor?
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 assisted a former C1000 entrepreneur
Formido franchisee stumbles over burden of proof in prognosis case
Formido franchisee stumbles over burden of proof in prognosis case
Violation of duty of care affects exoneration
In a dispute about an appeal to an exoneration clause in the franchise agreement by the franchisor, it was considered that the nature of the franchise agreement should be taken into account
Exoneration of duty of care with the franchisor’s prognosis
In a judgment of the Overijssel court of 9 April 2014, the interesting question arose whether a collaboration should be qualified as a franchise.
Franchisee does not achieve operating forecast: the interim score.
Recently, the court in Roermond rendered an interim judgment between a franchisee and a franchisor, whereby the turnover was one third lower than budgeted by the franchisor.
‘If the employee starts franchising…’. The employer’s duty of care as a franchisor
It will not be easy to assume that a 'normal' employee has given up his employment contract. However, what...