Can a franchising dispute be resolved? What is franchising dispute? How to resolve franchisor disputes? Several, effective ADR methods are available, each involving a neutral third party to work with the parties and legal counsel, seeking to resolve the claim or dispute.
This can impose significant costs and greatly delay any resolution. If the franchise agreement does not lay out how disputes are to be resolve franchisees and franchisors may elect to enter mediation on their own. Mediation empowers both parties to play an active role in a resolution.
Sadly, however, mediation does not always effectively resolve some complex franchise disputes. These are known as a relational contract. Franchise relationship is formalized through contracts. In some cases, we are retained simply to review franchise agreements and provide an informed legal opinion as to the rights and obligations of the parties and the various methods of dispute resolution. Once a disagreement arises between a franchisee and a franchisor , you can take action under the terms of your franchise agreement , or as set out in Part Division of the Code (what we’ll refer to as the Code Procedure).
Our franchise dispute resolution specialists are an integral part of our franchising team. We advise on all stages of the dispute avoidance and resolution process. (more…)