Franchise agreements and lockdown Do some franchise agreements need to be updated in light of the consequences of lockdown? The lockdown regulations have resulted in an exponential increase in the use of a third party delivery service provider (the delivery provider)...
Legal Guidelines for Franchisor and Franchisee GUIDELINES TO ENSURE THAT FRANCHISORS AND FRANCHISEES OPERATE WITHIN THE LAW The Franchisor may believe that once a franchise agreement has been signed with the Franchisee and if the agreement contains the pertinent...
Franchising and the New Property Act Franchising manages a narrow escape in the New Property Act This is an updated article to the article previously published on the D’Amico Incorporated website. In the Property Practitioners Bill which preceded the Property...
New Property Act affects Franchising The Property Practitioners Act, no 22 of 2019 (the Property Act), was signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the 3rd of October, 2019, which replaces the Estate Agencies Affairs Act, no 112 of 1976. In the Property...
Franchisor recovering admin costs from a franchisee CAN A FRANCHISOR RECOVER ANY ADMIN COSTS FROM A FRANCHISEE THAT CANCELS A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT DURING THE COOLING-OFF PERIOD? Section 7(2) of the Consumer Protection Act No. 68 of 2008 (CPA) states that “a Franchisee...
Does your franchise agreement comply with the CPA WHAT IF YOUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT DOESN’T COMPLY WITH THE CPA? You, the Franchisor signed a franchise agreement that you believed was valid. You carefully checked that the agreement contained all the pertinent details...
