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Eastern Promise for the UK’s Food Manufacturers?

9 September 2011 | Mark Archer

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is encouraging UK food and drink manufacturers to develop export links with China by supporting the British presence at its leading 2011 exhibition, FHC China, which...

Franchisee responsible for wrongful misuse of data by its employee but franchisor rights let down by poor contract wording – MMP v Antal, High Court

25 May 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Antal and MMP entered into a franchise agreement for MMP to operate a recruitment agency as one of Antal’s franchisees. One of MMP’s employees had a relationship with one of the candidates whom she...

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Sausages!

18 March 2011 | Shimon Shaw

Those of you who remember That's Life will know how the title to this blog post is supposed to be pronounced.  Everyone else look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IMOSN0WYvg (at about 1.40 but the...

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Court refuses to sever offending wording in restrictive covenant clause if it affected another clause – Francotyp-Postalia v Whitehead, High Court

13 March 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The franchisor and franchisee had restrictive covenants on the franchisee after termination. In order to be enforceable, restrictive covenants have to be reasonable as to duration, area and content. If...

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October tax return deadline looms

18 October 2010 | Shimon Shaw

Anyone sending in their 2009/10 Self Assessment return on paper has just a few days left to file their return by the 31 October paper-filing deadline. If you miss the deadline it could be costly, as...

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Restrictive covenant was justified to protect franchisor’s know-how – Pirtek v Joinplace, High Court

14 July 2010 | Mark Weston

P had granted a 10 year franchise agreement to X. Following the termination of the agreement, the franchisee and others were involved in competing with P’s business. P alleged that this was in breach...

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Franchisor liable for negligent advice to franchisee despite disclaimers and exclusions of liability – MGB Printing v Kall Kwik, High Court

20 April 2010 | Mark Weston

This case concerned MGB’s purchase of one of Kall Kwik’s existing printing services franchises. In doing so, MGB asked Kall Kwik about the cost of re-fitting, which Kall Kwik advised that it should...

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