The Western Australian Parliament yesterday voted down the Private Members Bill introduced by Peter Abetz MP to regulate franchise operations in that State.
The Western Australian Economics and Industry Standing Committee released their much anticipated report into the proposed WA Franchising Bill this afternoon and recommended that the Bill not be
At a time where the State Attorneys General are working hard to unify State laws nationally, South Australia and most recently Western Australia, have announced that they will be taking their own path with respect to franchising regulation.
A case currently before the New Zealand courts highlights the importance of franchisee’s understanding the franchisor’s business model and financial position. Nathans Finance collapsed on 20 August 2007 owing some $174 million.
Franchising Solicitor Simon Young has responded to the Federal Government’s recent announcement of changes to be made to the Franchising Code of Conduct as “a patchwork of bandaid solutions that do not address the real problems in Australian franchising”.
This is a look into the issues of the franchise code. The Australian government has a Senate inquiry into a franchise code. In the end of this four part series, the options paper that divides the Senate recommendations into four parts lists the issues of good faith and dispute resolution.
In this second part responding to the Federal Government's Options Paper we will consider Recommendations 2 & 7 of the Senate Inquiry, that is a ‘simple online registration system
