Franchisor hinders litigation – An unbalanced arbitration clause
It has been agreed in a franchise agreement that disputes will be settled by arbitration, to be held in New York, in the English language.
It has been agreed in a franchise agreement that disputes will be settled by arbitration, to be held in New York, in the English language.
In this matter, a former freelancer of massage parlor Doctor Feelgood started his own massage parlor under the name Feelgood-store.
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
In an important decision of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal of 23 April 2014, the question was whether a franchisor was allowed to implement an increase in a contribution.
In a judgment of the Overijssel court of 9 April 2014, the interesting question arose whether a collaboration should be qualified as a franchise.
Recently, the preliminary relief judge in Rotterdam ruled that a franchisee was not bound by the non-competition clause included in the franchise agreement.
In my supermarket newsletter of July 11, 2013, I already predicted that the establishment of collection points for goods ordered via the internet would set the judicial pens in motion.
Can the franchisor - without being liable for damages - discontinue the franchise formula and also terminate the rental relationship with the franchisee, whereby the franchisor continues with a web shop?
Recently, the verdict was published on Rechtspraak.nl regarding summary proceedings brought against the latter by a (former) franchisee of Bart's Retail.
At the end of 2013, there was a remarkable ruling by the Court of Arnhem in this case.