How much information about a franchise’s trading history should you give your potential franchisees? It’s a tricky question, considering the

If you are planning to review your disclosure document for its once-a-year refresh, think again. The commonly held belief that

Despite everyone’s best intentions, thorough due diligence, preparation and hard work, businesses can and do fail. We, as lawyers are

Disputes between franchisors and franchisees can be difficult and take a long time and a significant amount of money to

When you get legal advice about a franchise investment, what will a franchise lawyer want to know about you and

You buy the franchise, you work hard, but for whatever reason, you end up facing a scenario where your franchise is only bringing in losses. What do you do? Can you get out of the agreement?

Can I negotiate my franchise agreement?

Franchising Code: new amendments reviewed

Franchisors often require franchisees to purchase goods or services from nominated suppliers. This is usually perfectly justifiable on the basis

The franchised Melbourne law firm Franchise Legal is partnering with Brisbane based Walsh Halligan Douglas lawyers. Franchise Legal was founded

One of the key amendments to the Code concerns the area of capital expenditure. Since the previous Code changes in

What happens if I want to leave my franchise early?