Bird & Bird LLP | United Kingdom | 12 Dec 2023
Franchising agreements are frequently for a medium- to long-term; contain renewal options; and often neither party wants to heavily negotiate…
Bird & Bird LLP | United Kingdom | 11 Oct 2022
When the UK Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in the case of Dwyer (UK Franchising) Limited v Fredbar Limited and Shaun Rowland Bartlett[1]…
Bird & Bird LLP | United Kingdom | 29 Sep 2015
A recent Supreme Court decision has sounded a note of caution for franchise businesses regarding the role of 'commercial common sense' in…
Bird & Bird LLP | United Kingdom | 28 Jan 2015
On Friday 23 January 2015 in the case of Oven Clean Domestic Limited v Read the High Court in London confirmed that a fairly standard post termination…
Bird & Bird LLP | United Kingdom | 10 Sep 2014
Whilst 'good faith' principles continue to take root in English Commercial Law, one franchisee has discovered that tough but commercially acceptable…