Franchise Disputes
Peter Sanfilippo, the principal of
The Franchise Lawyer, has a background in commercial litigation and
extensive experience in dealing with franchise disputes at all
levels for both franchisees and franchisors. He has
participated in mediations, acted on behalf of franchise parties in
court proceedings and regularly enters into direct negotiations
with franchisors and franchisees to settle disputes. He has
often delivered successful outcomes for the parties to a franchise
dispute with a minimum of cost and risk.
The kinds of franchise disputes in
which The Franchise Lawyer has acted include matters involving:
- Misrepresentations by a franchisor
as to likely earnings
- Lack of good faith and
unconscionable conduct by a franchisor
- Breaches by a franchisee of a
franchise agreement, including abandonment and rebranding
- Failure by a franchisor to comply
with disclosure requirements under the Franchising Code of
Conduct
- Terminations of franchises
- Unauthorised use of a franchisor's
intellectual property
- Misrepresentation of a franchise
system as some other kind of legal arrangement.